New-York tribune., 1905-08-21

stage a profession rather than romance of
the theatre
Edmund Holme. the author of two. books of
poems. The Silence of Love" and The Tri-
umph of Love" also undertook it may be re-
membered. to answer the question. what Is
Poetry?" At any rate, he asked It IN a some
what extended essay, published in book form
He now appears in new guise as philosopher
as well poet, in a volume entitled What Is
Philosophy" just published by the John Lane
Company His views the subject may be
gathered from the following extract:
Philosophy is in its essence search for an opti-
nstic Interpretation Of life That there are pess-
men is undeniabe but the fact does not dscon
cert me Inc philosophy that originates in pes
is. on its own showing. enterprise which has
IIeu an ehieeIloh Wfch mas gone astray:
the heart is dissatisfied with its outlook on life and
help and confoTt and The thinker Who instead Of
disspatng its gloom. does but intensity It, evil
he never told himself what hts mission really uas
In this age Of stress and struggle to make a
living, the idea of "A Self-Supporting Home"
should appeal 10 all but the multimillionaires
In a book so entitled, to be published this fall
by Macmillan. Mrs. Kate Y. Saint Maur will
tell how she solved the problem entirely with
pNl tdplld4 On a small IdIH fOultry pet STOCK,
other creatures and vegetable garden figured
as factors in the enterprise, and the author
promises TO give all the details necessary for
those who would repeat her experiment
The Early Associations of Archbishop Tenn
.ple," by F J. Smell with a portrait and nunaer-
Gus Illustrations, has Just been published by
Thomas Whitaker. Other works in prepara-
tion are The Preachers Guide: or Secrets of
Success in Sacred Oratory," by the Rev. Gilbert
Monks. with preface by the Archbishop of
London, and THE Life and Works OF the Rev.
A W Momerie. the famous English broad
school theologian.
! George Selwyn Kimban is going to give
! Quincy Adams Sawyer" a successor and a rival
in Jay Could Harmon" Like its predecessor it
is 70 be tale Of New England country life.
centring around the crossroads store and the
blacksmith shop. and diverging to the Penob-
scot River, with its log drives and drivers. The
book will be issued in the fall by the c. NJ Clark
Publishing Company.
Miss H A Guerber the author NJ ..r raeer6s
of Switzerland" and Stories Of the Wagner
Operas" has written a new book called ITO
/ Europe" which Dodd Mead & Co will publish
in the fall Just as travellers are coming home
There is method in this seeming madness. how
ever, since the volume is not a guide book hut
one written TO tell intending tourists how to
get ready TO go, what books TO read what to
take. what to leave behind, and how to Law ont
trips Thus. those planning to cross the Atlantic
in the spring will have all winter in which n
perfect their preparations
Mrs A Maynard Barbour author of "The
Mainwaring Affair" is writing another novel al
mystery. which the Lppincotts will publish in
the autumn. Even it's name is a mystery al
present
In his new book Economy IN Educa ton
4 (the American Book Company. Ruric N Roark
/ Phi. D.. dean of the department of pedagogy
! State College OF Kentucky. deals in the first
4 part of the volume with the problems confront
ing the individual teacher in the adninistra tior
Of his school In the second part he takes uu
the problems of the administration OF school
systems. including such matters as taxation
school boards, courses OF study and the dis.
tinctive work Of the different schools-elemen-
tary, secondary and higher In the third ma
the author describes the latest movements in
the economical correlation of all the otbs, al,