The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-15
hooks AND AUTHORS.

Chatham, which was by mistake announced
a. an addition to the Twelve English
Statesmen Series, IL really an independent
publication. An interesting extract from
Mr., Harrison's introduction reveals the
spirit and style Of the work: I'm eight
centuries our country has known but four
great creative statesmen; men, who 20 use
the words Of a well known historian, have
been founders or creators Of a new order
Of things William the Conqueror made
all England an organic nation; Edward
the I. conceived and founded Great Britain,
Cromwell made the United Kingdom and
founded our sea power; Chatham made
the colonial system and was the founder
Of the empire
Charles Eistaos Merriman, whose Let
tiers From Son TO a Self-Made Father
proved 90 successful In England and Aus
tralia, as we'll Is In America, and has been
issued In a German TRANSLATION, comes out
with his now volume under the title Of
a Self Made Mans Wife; Her Letters TO
Her Son. Tia new book gives an amusing
view Of the same set Of people which figure
in the other volumes from woman's
standpoint and proves the self-made mans
wife worthy oonsort and companion 70 her
distinguished husband.
A book Of historical and unique interest
IL 'The Growth OF the English Manor by
DIR, p. V.nogradoti, which traces the devel-
opment OF the manorial system from pre-
fsudal times giving the Celtic tribal arrange
ments, the story Of Roman influences on
the government Of the village, the origin
Of the conditions governing the matter OF
husbandry and social classes which pre-
vail at the present day. In remote English
villages there still exists the village com-
mon In which each landholder has the
right Of pasturinR a certain number OF
COWS and horses In proportion to his acre
age and socially the distinction is marked
between the farmers who live on the life
leased land and those who take up tenn
porary holdings. The book is Of peculiar
interest 10 Americans, for IL explains our
own system Of rights and privileges, which
was founded upon English conditions and
Of which the famous Boston Common is q
suggestive example.
Anna Fuller. whom all readers Of fiction
will remember pleasantly for her Venetian
June and Literary Courtship,' announces
a new book under the attractive title OF
Boohful Of Girls Miss Fuller's girls
have always been such nice ones that there
couldn't be too many Of them in any book
or out OF IL, Tor that matter. The new set
70 which she introduces US are Just the
'betwixt and between ago when the vital
questions Of life are whether the hair should
be worn high or low and Just how much
boot top should show below the skirt.
A new and attractive color book Is issued
in which Florence and Some Tuscan Cities
are described by Clarissa Goff and painted
by Col r c. COD. The illustrations are a
mixture Of good and bad, reproducing In
many instances the exquisite charm OF the
city while others are overemphasized In
tone, hard and unpleasing in quality, With
too great a predoninAnoe Of yellow In the
color scheme Particularly beautiful are the
reproductions Of the peculiar greenish hue
Of the Arno as IL flows under its bridges
and between the old sun kissed palaces,
the yellow Of the walk and the blue Of the
sky producing an Undesirable beauty
Of reflection. From the heights Of San
Miniato the swift river reflects the blue Of the
Italian sky in great purity Of tone, but be-
tween the bridge whore Tito jumped 70
escape from his enemies and the other
bridge where vengeance awaited him In the
form Of his foster father, the river Is deep
and mysterious in color. All people have
been 70 Florence or intend TO 60, 30 the
book win no doubt find many friends 10
forgive its faults and love its beauties
Joseph 4. Atsheler, whose novel based
on a Presidential campaign and called The
Candidate is just Oh the Harper presses,
Is said to bear a marked physical Tesem-
blanoe TO William ]. Bryan. Mr.. Altsheler
has travelled a great deal With Mr.. Bryan |
In his campaigns, and the resemblance Is |
close enough 70 have deceived one Of Mr.. |
Bryan's audiences in Nebraska into cheering |
Mr.. Altsheler vigorously when he stepped |
upon the stage, 10 the authors DISCONTINUE |
and the candidates amusement.
The literary editor Of the religious period
ical which has perhaps the largest cirou-
lation in this country recently wrote 10 the |
Company as follows:
have just finished. al a single sitting. with work
piled about me 10 . mAddening height. that mighty
rooa story The Nan on the Bon l should like |
20 sAy In my review just what I think OF IT, but /
dAssent. SO have taken my pen In hand 10 tell
you privately that there IL more ginger and juice
In that story Of MacGTAths than In any / have |
read for long time. That fellow can tell stony
which Is much better than being a great novelist.
Deliver me from greatness. so long a. can have
a genuinely vital book. NOw / must Wnte my
perfectly proper review. but this my real opinion
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, the venerable
chaplain Of the United States Senate, speak
ing Of his famous story The Man Without
a Country says: This story was written
in the summer Of 1858. 1t was meant for
the Americans Of that day. wrote this
book TO show TO boys and girls, TO men and
women, what It is to have a country. For |
this purpose / invented a history Of the |
life Of a young man who In a frenzy Of eT-
expressed wish to live without |
a country, and had that wish granted
On the day before the date set for the |
publication Of Abraham Cahan's novel
sThe White Terror and the Red the world
was Mortified by the assassination Of the
Grand Duke Sergius in a manner almost