The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-03
Tho story siwritten BY Philip verrtr Mighels
and published by tho Harpers.
Other Books.

Il Is wonderful with what ingenuity tn
modern naturalist. armed with . camera
can poke bis nose into the domestic affair
OF wild animals. In 'The Home Lilo o.
Wild Birds q. p. Putnam's 6ons). nov
published In q new edition, Mr.. Francis
Hobart Herrick tells us how To make the
birds come into the positions that the pho.
oRra pher requires. His !photogra phs are
ali interesting and often astonishing.
| A sensible treatment Of branch Of Eng
lish literature In the mono graph form nov
fashionable, Prof. Wilbur l.. Cross's The
Development Of the English Novel; (Mac.
millans) appears in new edition. It Is spe'
oially oommendable for not straying too far
aheld on the Continent for fancful foreign
influen ces on English writer's who were prob
ably unconscious Of them. Prof Cross now
fears that his estimate Of Kipling was too
enthusiastic, probably In Wow OF much
of that authors later writing, but We fancy
that II he only considers Kipling's good
and telling work he will find that what he
wrote will stand.
We confess to prejudice against Capt.
W. Coape Oates's wild Ducks; How to Rear
and Shoot Them Q.ongmans, Green 4
Coz. The British sport OF shooting at al
most tame, hand reared pheasants and
partridges seems rather barbarous when
the result to be achieved Is not difficult
shot but the slaughter Of the largest num-
Der Of birds. Here with great ingenuity
the author describes the artificial rearing
OF wild" ducks. fed on corn. 80 as to keep
them wild enough to shoot at. He then
explains how they may be shot conveniently,
the size OF the bag apparently being
a prime consideration. We almost expect
a chapter on how to send them TO market.
The book Is illustrated with many photo
gravures. One Of shooting party with the
results Of its sport spread before IL Is
noticeable.
Mr.. Eustaoe Miles; champion At rackets
and tennis. vegetarian and master at Rugby.
is man Of many fads. which he has aired
in various books. In "A Boys Control
and Self Expression" E. P. Dutton L Coy
he expounds at great length his views on
the proper bringing up Of boys. There Is
a good deal OF sense in what he has to say,
which would be accepted moro readily II
put In a less discursive way. There Is a
lot Of nonsense, too, on many matters,
which will have to be winnowed out. 1t is
not an easy book to read.
So little positive information u to be
obtained about South America In books
printed in English that Mr.. Francisco SEQ
ber's Great Argentina u. Peuser. Buenos
Aires) will doubtless prove welcome to
those into whose hands It may fall. 1t
comprises statistical studies on the chief
Southern States and their products. Argen-'
tina. Chile. Uruguay. Paraguay, Brazil.
Bolivia and Peru, from the latest informa-
ton available. Tho author admits that
the figures for Argentina are the most
Trustworthy: for the other States he has
done the best he could. His ideal seems
to be South American union. though
he admits that tho difficulties In the way
make that seem rather remote. Perhaps
personal exertions eliminated from the
book There are many interesting illus
trations from photographs.
In the search for novelty In French texts
Prof. A. Guyot Cameron Of Princeton has
turned to lola. There is justification for
this in the difficulty Of vocabulary and IN
the place the author occupies in the litera.
ture Of the end Of the nineteenth century.
Besides it must be admitted that With the
exception Of Anatole France, lola Is pretty
nearly the last writer OF respectable French,
in fiction at least. Tho Selections from
Emile lola Henry Holt d Coz are fair
enough. Why the editor does not credit
them to the books from which they are
taken Is not explained. An enthusiastic
gives q sketch OF lola and his
work and Is followed by q useful bibliog-
raphy. The notes are curious. and 90 is
the EDITORS Gallicized English.
Some pleasant papers dealing with coun-
try sport and country life, many Of them in
the shape of entertaining stories, written
by the late Rowland E. Robinson, are gath
cred in an attractive volume called Hunt
ing Without a Gun Forest and Stream
Publishing Company. Most, If not all,
of the articles first appeared in the journal
that issues the volume. A short biography
and portrait OF the author are prehXed.
A good deal Of useful and accurate in
is contained in "The Travellers
by Josephine Tozier Dunk
d Wagnalls Company. This is in no
way a guide book. 1t endeavors to in
str,lct in the many little matters
that at the moment are very important
to the traveller, but which the guide books
usually overlook-outfit, tips, the way in
cured and so on-and at the end the ordeal
through which the American is put by the
Custom House on reaching his native shores.
Nearly all the information supplied is that
which the bitter school Of experience usually
impreeses on the victims; possibly they
may learn to avoid pitfalls from this book
The remarks on etiquette in foreign lands
are amusing. We should like to watch
some one trying to live up to them. Special
regard is paid to the journeyings Of lone
women.
What seems to be a thoroughly practical |
and useful handbook is the Stained Glass
Work. contributed by Mr.. c. w. Whall
% the artistic Crafts" series published by
he Appletons. The author begins with
he elements and takes throughout the
position Of the teacher who instructs his
,upl personally. The book is English in
,rigin and the specimens selected for illus
rations are all English. The pictures of
ools and processes are clear and helpful
A convenient and long established hand
,ook, THE Yaohtsman's Annual Guide and
Nautical Almanac (The j. X. Waters
company, BOSTON,, comes to us for 1905, the
wenty-seventh year Of publication. As