The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11

ter added that gives the history of the
Panama Canal projects rip 10 date. In an
appendix the text Of tho treaty is given.
Authoritative books on any part Of South
America are rare, and Mr.. Sorlggs' s account
of two republics that now attract much
attention will help to understand nearly
all Spanish America as well
There is nothing harder 10 find in definite
shape than an account of events that have
occurred recently The first records dis
appear quickly and il generally takes time
to hunt them up Therefore a book like
Golfers self-indexing Annual, 1905 Up. r.
Collier & SOM. will be found useful by
busy men. II is an alphabetical record
of all that happened in 1904 with lot Of
scientific and statistical information be-
sides, There are biogra phies. summaries
OF the donRs for the year in many spheres
ofsctivity such az sports theatrical matters.
and so on. Much attention seems TO be
given to societies OF all sorts Tho large
size of the page makes it possible to provide
very large Illustrations. and to employ
unusually clear and large type
A journey entirely out of the common
was that of which Miss Ethel McCau gives
an account in Under the Care Of the Japa-
nese War Office7 (Cassel h Coz The
author was sent from England last spring
10 inspect the work Of the japanese Red
Cross Society. and kept a diary. She was
received kindly in Japan saw the Empress.
Marshal Oyama and plenty Of other persons
of distinction. looked over the hospitals
and the relief work and was then despatc hed
TO Gen. kuroki's headquarters in the field.
After seeing what was going on there.
being more favored than the war corre-
spondents she returned. Her stay in
Japan lasted Just two months In this
volume she relates MANLY personal impress
sions. The Red Cross work takes up some
part Of it, but her observations on that
were. doubtless, reserved for an official
report
In rhythmicsl verse. with mild humor
the little miseries Of suburban life are sung
in The Rubaiyat Of the Commuter" by
Harry Persons Taber The quatrains are
printed in a very pretty and artistic little
volume by John Bridges. Briarclif Manor
New York. Here is timely sample
From that Inverted Bowl they call the So
The snow falls down 10 Billiards Then Z Is
Who Inns 10 hustle ont aud shovel g.
But never mind. ;he Spring will come Dlmehy
apparently illt ilttl4itiIduttU IOllt 10
Europe has become so popular that it is
found neces 'ary TO provide special guide
books for travellers who take it, We re-
gret that we cannot recommend very highly
The Mediterranean Traveller, by the
Rev. D. T. Lorenz, Pm. H.. Fleming II
Revell Company. The author seems 10
be a somewhat aggressive Protestant who
Is displelsei that the people in many Of
the lands he visits ara Catholic, The
objective point of hi4 tour il the Holy
Lind; bat hs takes in Constantnople
h yypt and other lands easily accessible
from the snip. Christian charity seems to
have left him in Naples, OF which he says.
IT seems the centre OF gravity for all the
evil and dirt in Italy. and there Is scarcely
a spot on the face OF the earth where there
are so many malefaotor.- He does not
give the source OF hi- misinformation
about the people whom he abuses with
ministerial reckessne3- OF truth
A whole volume is devoted TO Cotton
seed Product-, by Lecbert Lloyd Lam
bora ID Van Nostraud Company, but
the reader will find that il * none too
much The book il som what broader in
it, scope than the tide implies, for it deals
with everything connected with cotton.
The first chapter treats OF the cotton plant.