The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24

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with a preface by Andre Turquet, and
LA Mare au Diable. by George Sand. With
IN introduction by DIR. Louis Corniquet.
The selection Of criticisms on English
matters and authors from among Sainte-
Beuve's papers seems hardly wise; we
imagine students would rather read about
things new to them than listen to French
| comment on familiar matters. George
Sands pretty story has done hard work In
the schoolroom for two generations. 1t has
earned the handsome dress in which it now
appears
IN unusually important addition to this
well printed, handy. cheap volumes that
English publishers are bringing out on thin
paper, Is AThe Poems Of John Henry New
man, afterward Cardinal" (John Lane, Tn
Bodley Head, one OF the Sacred Treasury
series. Newman is one Of the few authors
that men wish to carry about them. and
in this shape the Poems" are hardly per-
ceptible in the pocket. Mr.. Frederick
Chapman. in a preface. assures us that this
is the most complete collection Of New
mans poems that has ever been made,
though he regrets that for copyright reasons
there is one serious omission, namely The
Dream of Gerontius.'
Lightnees and daintiness rather than
solidity are sought after in the nondescript
meal called luncheon, and it iB to provide
for this that Everyday Lumcheons,' by
Olive Green, has been written &c. P. Put
MANS Sons). The recipes seem clear and
the results in many cases must be palatable.
The author shows how to make a good show
ing on scant material. We fancy thatcare-
full housewives will discover In the Feoeipts
the means Of Disgusting remnants, too.
A bill of fare is provided for 3vory day In
the year, one suited to feminine rather
than masculine appetites, we fear, and in
which that standby of the quick lunch
counter, the sandwich, has a large part.
The book will help young ~housekeepers
greatly.
Nineteen men Of letters are described
by Leon Fl. Vincent in American Literary
Masters" All attained reputation before
the war, all are in the front rank, and all
are dead save one. The essays are ar
ranged methodically, first a brief biography.
then a character, and last an account Of
the writings. 1t all seems rather ele-
mentary, especially the remarks on the
writings. Washington Irving leads the
procession and Walt Whitman winds it up.
We doubt If any M trying to make a list Of
the seventeen best known American writer's
between these two would make more than
one OF two changes from Mr.. Vincent's
selection
The addresses on college life by DR..
William De Witt Hyde, who has now been
twenty years president of Bowdoin College.
have been gathered from various publca-
tons into The College Man and The College
Woman" Roughton, Miflin and Company
Notable among these papers is the eulogy
Of President Eliot and a sort of college
romance in letters in which DR.. Hyde eE-
plains his understanding of the under
graduate intellect. 1t is noticeable too,
that President Hyde throughout speaks
as the representa- tive Of the college and
not of the university.
DR.. Beverley Warner has thought it
worth while to put together in Famous
~Introduotions to Shakespeare's Plays"
Dodd, Mead d Coz, the Introductory
matter from the great English editions Of
Shakespeare from Rowe to Malone. This
ohviates the necessity Of hunting up the
actual editions. II seemss somewhat strange
that enough people should be interested
in Sha~kespearian criticism previous to the
nineteenth century to warrant such a coll
lection.
In Holland az Seen and Described by
Famous Writers" by Esther Singleton
Dodd, Mead and Company, we have
another industriously compiled book OF
excerpts. The fame Of most Of the writer's
has not come to us; there Is a historical
extract from E. A. Freeman and two frag-
ments from De Amicis. The names OF
Alphonse Esquiros, Henri Hazard and Sir
Walter Armstrong are not wholly unknown,
but it Is rather absurd to call them famous,
and as for the rest the reader will ask, Who
are they? II does not require fame to
describe Holland. Mr.. Z. V. Lucas has shown
that in a very pleasant book, from which.
by the way, nothing is taken here. The
pictures are almost all from fair photo
graphs.
Mr.. Albert Martin Smyth's fine edition
Of The Writings Of Benjamin Franklin"
Macmillans) advances rapidly. Volume ",
now before, us contains the papers and letters
for the years from 1897 to 1772, the period
when Franklin had taken a foremost place
on the worlds stage. An appendix holds
some new ~gleanings. No handsomer edi-
ton for the literary could be desired.
Always welcome as is that long-estab-
lished handbook, "Dod's Parliamentary
Companion Whitaker and Company,
London the issue for 1905 is more than
usually important, The fall Of Mr.. Bal
tours Ministry came so late in the year
that it was impossible for the yearly books
Of reference TO note the changes involved.
Here we have not only the account Of the
new House Of Commons, Just elected. but
also of the numerous additions to the peer
age made by the outgoing and incoming
Governments, as well az the full list Of Sir
Henry Campbell Bannerman's Ministry.
Some New Fiction.
1t is hard to make out whether Mr.. William
John Hopkins, in The Clammerr though
tor Miflin & Company, means 70 make fun