New-York tribune., 1905-11-17

Inns has in press volume OF critlca4 essays.
Whatever he writes on literary questions is apt
to be stimulating. Another welcome announce
nnent is that which promises us a new edition,
fully annotated, of Hogg's Life of Shelley"
The book is invaluable In its way, and a salts
factory reprint of II has been needed
The leading contribution to the January num-
Der of "The Pacific Monthly magazine pub
lished in Los Angeles and San Francisco, viii
be an article by Mr.. William Winter. of The
Tribune ON the Grand Canyon OF Arizona The
article will be finely illustrated
Apropos of the West. we may note that the
poems OF Mr. John S. McGroarty. Of Los An
eeles have been published in book by the
Times Mirror Company of that city under
the titles of 'sJust California" and Songs Along
the Way" The collection contains sixty-three
lyrical pieces several OF which are exceptionally
fine because of their fervent feeling. charming
melody and e&hilarant ring. and all OF which
show the deep heart sympathetic spirit and
buoyant mind Of the poet The pervasive quality
of these poems is loveliness. Their mood varies,
from exultant joy IN the beauty of nature and
the sense Of abounding life to pensive revery as
TO mortal trials. losses and sorrows and the
great mystery with which man is environed
No one will read THE Dreams of Long Ago"
"A Sprig of Lilac" and 1.-THE Port Of hearts
Desire" without an emotion Of mingled sadness
ans Measure. or without feeling that the author
is q genuine singer of beauty, tenderness, senSi-
ment and grace.
The scrihners have opened exhibition OF
rare books which possesses unusual interest 1t
is divided into two groups for which separate
catalogues have been prepared One of these
is devoted TO first editions OF one hundred IA
nous books beginning with the 'Suu1n1@ Tne-
oiogiese" of Saint Thomas Aquinas and ending
with Goethe's Wilhelm Meister." In the other
group there are to begin with, forty-two vol
ln1es from royal French libraries. the bindings
bearing the arms and devices of rulers from
Francis TO the Empress Eugene. It is inter-
esting to note the tastes of the different royal
collectors: that Marguerite de Valois owned the
copy of "AInadls de Gaule," that Marie An
toinet.e had both LES Amours du Tempe" and
'L'Ofioe de la semaine sainte" on her shelves
and that Louis Philippe was the possessor of
LIE Monde Moral" The Empress Eugenie's
single book is La Femme Catholidue" An
other work with a kind of royal atmosphere
hanging about it is a collection Of the engraved
portraits of Mary Queen of Scots, mounted in
two great folios- But perhaps the most be-
guing item is the set Of first editions of
Coleridge's books, a wonderful body of rarities.
in some cases enriched by the poets inscriptions
or annotations, and in others accompanied by
autograph letters of his son and daughter.
The list OF hundred famous books embraces
not only ancient classics. but precious copies of
authors like Tasso Montaigne, Sidney, spenser,
Chaucer and so on down to Fielding Richard
son. Smollet, Sterne and Gibbon The collector
is nositively exhiarated by this catalogue. He
would be enchanted to possess the copy of Ros-
wells johnson in any case but here are in
serted letters of the greatest interest one Of
them a communication in which Bozzy talks
to his correspondent about my old F'eudal soul
There is a letter of Gilbert Whites in the copy
of his Natural History in the course of which
he says: Here are vast moors that have hardly
ever been trodden by the foot of q real Botanist,
where I should suspect some rare matters might
be discovered The passage vividly recalls his
ruling passion. The first edition in English of
Beckford's 'vathek'' is catalogued and there
is copy of Sheridan's School for Scandal"
with letter written by the dramatist after
this fashion:
Dear Dibdin
IN t,n,v break nv uI5S Having broke my Fast
You promised me song dye
m Mifh Proisss fhoufRt lke TsTs pTs e4st. slBd are
and folly tbs 20 trust
4 song without the words is like
A Pye without a Crust, ETC.
There are other alluring things. more than we
can enumerate here; in fact. there is not dull
entry in the catalogue. Since to the charm
which attache; TO first editions there is added
that of beautiful bindings, the Importance Of
the show is obvious.
The fact that large proportion of business
men are overtaken by financial disaster at some
time other during the course of their careers
seems to justify the publication of such vol
nj.
by Thomas Y Crowell & Co. The author Ben
jamin F. Cobb, has set down great deal of
practical advice and suggestion in regard to the
conduct of commercial enterprises, both whole
sale and retail. much of which is SO exceedingly
elementary that but for this evident proneness
of business to fall upon evil times, It
would appear to be too obvious to be worth
peating. The need or at least the excuse, for
printing these trite observations is dsubtiess due
TO the lack of settled principle IN the conduct of
ordinary business ventures. The average busi-
ness is essentially Nen opportunist, whose
education in his chosen occupation has been
gained by rule Of thumb rather than through
the application Of general laws to specific in
stances A smart salesman, judicious buyer,
a careful credit man, is advanced TO partnership
or deems himself justife7 In eTnbarking in busi-
ness on his own account the strength of his
special qualities. but too czten without that firm
grounding in the fundamental principles of COM
nercial administration that will enable him to
take a broad view of life and guide him through
periods of depression unforeseeable emer-
gencies.
Mr.. Cobb's book is pleasantly written and
tains plenty OF anecdote and apt illustration. but
If is less a system of business philosophy than
a series of essays on the concrete problems that
are constantly met with In business manage