New-York tribune., 1905-08-28

monun entail edition of the Book of Com
mon Prayer" The volume is large quarto with
illuminated chapter headings, initials titles,
borders and rubrics. and $50 woodcut decora-
tions The full page illustrations present such
subjects The Seven Edwards of England
defenders of the Faith).'' Queen Elizabeth.
Archbishop Cranmer and st. Augustine Meet
ing the Seven Bishops Under the Oak" The
actual printing has been done by the Essex
House Press, in the golden legend type de-
signed by William Morris, 'embellished with
sucn re1nements as serve TO make the original
more ecclesiastical in character" The sheets
were pulled on hand presses from forms care
fully made ready. The result while appealing
equally to the bibliophe and the pious church
man, appears TO be not without a certain politf-
cal significance. since by direction of his majesty
and to express his regard for this country there
has been included in the volume. as a supple
ment, not only the variants which make IT'S
use possible in the churches Of America as we'll
as of Great Britain, but also the PRAYER for
the President of the United States This is the
first time, accordingly, that the Church of Eng
land and the Protestant Episcopal Church have
actually had book of common prayer The
volume VIII be distributed in the United States
by the Cambridge Society New-York.
Katharine Beebe author Of ''Kfndergarten Ac-
] n
wish to teach their children themselves. It is
entitled The Home kindergarten" and II
bravely undertakes to answer the question.
Mother. what shall l do now?" in a variety Of
different ways. Many of the suggestions. the
3uthor says. can be carried out by the children
themselves, thus leaving the busy mother free
10 take up other duties" The SaalfeId Publish
ing Company the publishers
Joaquin Miller has had Social VISION which
he calls THE Building Of the City Beautiful" #
will be published this fall by Albert Brandt. Of
Trenton, y. J.
The University of Chicago Press has ready for
immediate publication Professor Paul Milyou-
kov's book Russia and It's Crisis and Presi-
dent Charles Cuthbert Halls volume on Chris
tian Beliefs Interpreted by Christian Expert
ence" Professor Milyoukov. who was formerly
of the faculty of history in the universities Of
Moscow and Sofia, belongs to the branch of the
Liberal party in Russia known as the In
tellectuals. He aims to show in his 600 page
volume. that the form which the long con-
tinued agitation for free institutions has now
assumed in Russia is necessary outcome of the
whole historical development OF the country
Margaret P. Montague is a new author whose
first novel the Baker s. Taylor Company will
publish in September It's title is Poet Miss
Kate and l." The scene is laid in the West
Virginia Mountains, and the story is said to
deal with the experiences of a native Young
woman. who falls in love with poet who has
gone to the mountains to die The volume is
TO be brought out in rather elaborate form with
a colored frontispiece. twenty-four illustrations
and the text printed in two colors. The pub
fishers seem to have considerable faith in their
new find
Clarence s. Darrow. of Chicago, who is sne
cial counsel for Mayor Dunno In the matter NJ
municipal ownership. and is also counsel for
the Teamsters' Union, is the author of a novel
entitled An Eye for Eye" which Fox. Dur
| field & Co. announce for fall publication II
is the story of a murder and the murderer,s
explation Of his crime. told in the form of
long talk between the criminal and friend
who visits him in prison the night before the
hanging.