The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-01

Thwaites The Arthur H. Clark Company,
Cleyelandl, we have a Journal Of Travels,
Into the Arkansa Territory During the Years
1870 by Thomas Nuttall. The eccentric
author has left his mark on American science
by his remarkable botanical studies, though
perhaps he is best known by his manual
Of ORTHODOXY. which is still a standard
work Harvard could not hold him in his
craving for the wilderness. and in this vol
ume he describes picturesquely his adven-
tIres in what was then an unknown land
No more delightful guide 20 the New
Yorker who should really like to know
Central Park can he imagined than Mr..
Louis Hartman Poets Trees and Shrubs
Of Central Park Manhattan Press, New
York.. The author has already performed
a like labor Of love for Prospect Park, Brook
Ign. Here we have the means Of identify
ing every tree and shrub in the Park by
means Of ingenious and clear maps. They
are all described in full 80 that even the
city bred neophyte may recognize them,
but, wholly apart from the arboricutural
side, Mr.. Peet's book points out what de-
Hghtful rambIes are at the disposal Of all.
A charming French tale. Mile. Jeanne
Schultzs ia Seuvaine de Colette, which
for nearly twenty years has proved an
admirable aid to learning the language, Is
now issued with notes by Prof. r. +. Bassett
by William r. jenkins. The story is one
Of the first published in that enterpnsing
publishers excellent series Of French ro-
inances II has proved extremely useful in
instruction and is now provided with
modern pedagogical apparatus.
The peculiar trait that distinguishes
The United States, A History Of Three
Centuries. by William Estabrook Chan
celler and Fischer Willis Hewes 90. p.
Putnam's Sonsl from a dozen or more
similar undertakings in many volumes,
Is the stress put on statistical data and the
curious charts provided to express these
facts graphically. The second volume,
now before us. deals with Colonial Union.
lGes-i77l.- It hardly seems to provide a
excuse for existence among the swarm
Of better arranged American histories.
The curious little inset maps seem intended
for decoration. While some few supply
information the greater number seem
intended to convey elementary knowledge
to persons unable to read. Mr.. Hewes's
section In the volume is the distinctively
original feature Of it.
needed information to many besides those
for whom il il intended, and which implies
an immense amount Of labor II A Diction-
airy Of Sanity Women" by Agnes B. c.
Dunbar George Bell 4 Sons; Macmillsnsl,
in two volumes, the first Of which is at
hand. Here we have the list Of all the
women the Catholic Church has beatified
with an account Of their lives derived from
the approved Catholic collections and sub
jected to Catholic criticism. What enor-
nous work this condemnation implies any
one who has had TO do with the various
series Of lives Of the saints can understand.
Even Boston frigidity may thaw after a
year Of German GemI,hhchksit rs An
American Girl in Munich" by Mabel W.
Daniels little. Brown & CO.., shows. We
have here an inordlnate amount Of musical
self-consciousness. a patronizing view Of
German life and deal Of gush about musical
worthless, particularly those Of Boston
Mr.. Chadwick, Prof Paine and Carl Zerrahn,
The young woman reads her music from
the full score after the charming Boston
fashion, and composes herself Though her
comments often fringe on indiscretion she
seems 20 have had a good time in Munich,
and ekes out her experiences with COM