The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-09
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON

"China," Two Volumes, by the Late
 Colonel Charles 'Denby-SFhe Ca-
 thcdraIs of Northern Spain," by
 Charles Rudy.
 Two volumes of commanding inter est, published by L. c. Page and Com pany, Boston, present the late Hon. Charles Denby's China They ap- pear in the valuable Travel Lovers se- ries issued by this noted publishing house. The late Hon. Charles Denby was for thirteen years United States minister to China, and his observations as to the Celestials are given In very interesting fashion. He served through democratic and republican administra- tions, and that his fine opportunities for obtaining information were thor oughly improved, this work abundant ly testifies. He was, moreover, our rep resentative to China through the peril cd of the war between China and Ja- pan and the Boxer rebellion. His mar ration regarding these events is clear and authoritative, and adds a valuable leaf to the page of history. This work China" has permanent value. He discusses not only national and inter national questions, but also important social and economic conditions in Chi na. He deplores the advantage which present conditions give to the promo ter; he laments the quarrels between the missionaries; he discusses past pol icies, and in pursuance of the same general plans his son vigorously sum- marizes the conduct and causes of the Russo-Japanese war. The illustrations which are numerous. are not the less interesting for the strength of the text. The book presents familiarly and en- tertainingly, but none the less power fully and reliably, comprehensive and reliable statement of the Oriental ques. ton. Mir. Denby is strictly and exclu- sively American in his views of the di- plomatic questions resulting from ad- verse policies in regard to Chinese oc- equations at
 The true rule of international action is that ali nations should be treated by us alike, enemies in war, in peace friends. .,. Let us openly pro- claim that we are as friendly to Rus sia as we are to England. In con-
 sidering the Eastern as all other ques-
 tions, we should look to our own self
 interest-this Is patriotism" He is ready to trust Russia's promise for an. ss1h hi.,. k,~8
 that promise. It is with profound re.
 gret that any patriot. must recognize
 the loss to the country by the death of General Denby, especially at a crisis in 1 the affairs of the Orient in which his calm Judgment and knowledge of the situation would have been of so great value. The book, while a valuable con- I tribntion as to the conditions in China, l Is particularly full In regard to the re-
 sources of the upper Yang-tse and the borders of Tibet. Colonel Denby was a civil war veteran and gallantly served as colonel of an Indiana regiment,
 China" is for sale by the Pease-
 Lewis Co.,; two volumes, Price $40. "The Cathedrals of Northern Spain,' !
 by Charles Rudy, published by L. c,
 Page and Company, Boston. The ca- l thedrals of Spain have different I character from those of the other I countries, and the author of the pres
 ent volume is well fitted to describe l them. Mir. Rudy is an American by
 birth, but was educated in Europe, and 1 has resided for the last six years in l Madrid, where as correspondent foi | the Studio in America, the Daily 1 Chronicle and the Daily Mirror of Lon- I don, and Le Petit Parisien and Le Ma l tin of Paris, and as the author of Tnis. I oellaneous articles on art, lis name ha. l become widely known. He is also an 1 art reviewer on one of the leading dai.
 lies in Spain, So that his book on Span l ish cathedrais is the outgrowth of wide l knowledge and study. The text of thu 1 volume Is authoritative and scholarly and is rather an appreciative estimat, 1 than a comparative critical study of 1 the architecture, and as such appeal. 1 to a large class of readers as work o1 I popular character, rich in interest an, instructive as well as entertaining. I is an admirable volume for gift book I especially so as it is beautifully and profusely Illustrated and with hand. 1 somely decorated cover Price $2.00
 for sale by the Pease-Lewis Go.