New-York tribune., 1905-02-20

try. by the late Rowland E. Robinson; "Our
Navy and the Barbary Corsairs." by DIR. Gard
ner w. Allen. covering neglected episode In
American history; full account of all the an
niversary proceedings at "The Hawthorne Cen
tenary at the wayside Concord, Mass. July A.
4 19V4' fifth edition OF Oscar f. Adamss
Dictionary of American Authors revised to
date; al enlarged edition of J. P. Dunn's I'm
DIANA" in the American Commonwealths Series;
Book 1 of Sponsors "Faerie Queene," in the
Riverside Literature Series. and the limited
Riverside Press edition of Boccaccio's Life of
Dante" translated by Philip Wicksteed-
DR.. Henry Smith williams. Editor of the His
torians' History of the World" who knew Pro-
fessor Ernst haeckel at Jena, gives the following
graphic description of the author of 1.-The Won
ders of Life: six feet or more in height, COM
pactly built without corpulence, erect, vigorous,
athletic; with f1orid complexion and clear,
laughing Iight-blue eyes that belle the white
hair end whitening beard; the ensemble persona
flying at once kindness and virilty. simplicity
and depth. above all. frank. fearless honesty.
without a trace OF pose or affectation.''
Myra Kelly is announced to give reading of
selections from her book, Little Citizens" and
from some unpublished sketches, at the Man
haitian Theatre tonight. February 90, in aid
House Free Kindergarten. Miss Kelly has just
returned from trip far west as Cleveland,
on which she had been giving similar readings,
chiefly for charitable purposes.
THE Wanderers" Henry C. Rowland's new
novel, will be published next Saturday by A s.
Barnes & Co The author, in the mean time.
has wandered to Chesapeake Bay. where he is
finding respite from literary labors in winter
duck shooting.
A. Emerson Palmer. secretary of the New
York Board OF Education, has written a book
1.-The New-York Public School," which The
Macmillan Company published last week.
The volume is perhaps more accurately de-
scribed in the subtitle as "a History of Free
Education in the City of New-York." Mr..
Palmer has written this book in his official a
oacity, and it has special timeliness on account
II the centenary of the free school movement in
this city. The present history deals with schools
from 1858 to the present time. embracing all
parts of the present city. The work of the
public school society is fully dealt with, and so
is the history of the New-York Board of Edu-
cation. The author aims to give a simple and
straightforward account of the interesting
events and incidents marking the evolution of
our public schools from their small beginnings
TO their present development. All profits on
Secretary Palmer's book are to be turned
TO the Public School Teachers Retirement Fund
Among the American astronomers who are
planning to witness the next observable total
eclipse of the is Mabel Loomis Todd. author
Of the well known handbook of popular as
tronomy. Total Eclipses of the Sum- Mrs.
Todd is the daughter of Professor E. J. Loomis
of the United States Naval Observatory, and the
wife of David P. Todd, NJ. A, Ph. D.. professor
OF astronomy at Amherst College. She accom-
panied her husband to Japan to observe total
eclipses of the sun in 1887 and 1896, and to
TripoI Barbary. for the eclipse of 1900. and
around the world in 1901, for the eclipse in tho
Dutch East Indies The next eclipse, which
she hopes to witness. occurs August 80 of
this year. and will be observable the coast
of Labrador. Northeastern Spain, Northeastern
Algeria, Northern Tunis. Assuan-on-t Nile
and Northeastern Arabia.