New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-02

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With the aid of large library OF works on
special questions relating TO India, including
various we'll known encyclopedias TO supple
ment his own personal Investigations, William
Crooke formerly of the Bengal Civil Service,
has, in his new book, Things Indian" published
by the scribners, accomplished for Hindostan
though in slightly different way, what Dr. j.
ID Ban did for China in Things Chinese" and
Professor B. II. Chamberlain for the Land of the
Rising Sun in Things japanese" Mr. Crooke's
volume is valuable addition TO the series in that
aspects Of the country made familiar by other
writers are practically ignored, and quaint and
curious matters. which are not ordinarily con-
sidered in the conventional books OF reference
are discussed in an entertaining and instructive
manner The writer's personal experiences were
confined TO the United Provinces of Agra and
DUDE but his delving into the byways OF Anglo
molan life and literature has resulted in a great
mass of facts. which, although dealt with In
manner similar to that of the ''Anglo- Indian
Glossary" are given with far more detail. In an
interesting chapter on Marriage" in which the
author states that almost every variety of mar
riage be illustrated from the customs of
or other Of the Indian tribes" he gives the fol-
lowing description OF curious rite:
Among many OF the lower castles tree-marriage
is recognized form Thus. among the Kunbis of
Gujarat. II a man cannot provide husband for
Sll. 10 riad. 20 bllv1O hoTHO
which IS then thrown into wen. The girl can
cases. with the same object She is married to a
man who will grant her immediate divorce. The
the idea seems to be that the dangers attending
ghost Of the first wife Is s1,nnosed to resent the
happiness Of her successor. In Upper India. to
wears round his neck an image of his first wife.
ana a every present ne makes his new wife he offers
TO be married TO the tree with the idea that she
form tree-marrtage appears among the Gauras OF
H OF where the girl is taken TO the forest and
beasts at least as prize TO the first conner But
5ePGF branch of the tribe TO whom ordinarily she
would we e not be married carries her away as
The development Of taste In domestic art has
been gratifying feature Of American life in
the last generation, until It is now difficult to
realize that once, even within the memory Of
living men, Queen Anne houses illed with
crimson rep furniture were considered by many
otherwise estimable people TO be models OF ele-
gance. What progress we have made since those
unhappy days is wildly suggested by a glance
at such a work as Home Furnishing: Practical
and Artistic" by Alice NJ. Kellogg, which has
just come from the press OF the Frederick A.
Stokes Company. This handsome volume with
its profusion OF excellent process engravings
deals with the whole matter of household fur
nishing and decoration. the title indicates in
a manner at once practical and artistic and
with. we may add. the authority OF a woman of
taste and culture who has made the actual fur
nishing and decoration Of houses successful
business for years. Miss Kellogg does not indulge
in theorizng upon the canOns of art nor devote
herself TO those elaborate and costly works
which are beyond the reach Of all but the few. |
and which I'm the Of the few are readily To
be commanded at the hands OF accomplished ar |
lists and expert craftsmen. She wisely and prof
itably devotes her attention 70 meeting the
wants of the great multitude of people who seek
to furnish not palaces but homes, and who de- |
sire 10 do so, to have the work done. intelu-
gently and tastefully rather than luxuriously.
To such people. in city and country, her book
and its illustrations will be deservedly welcome.
Holland Thompson, sometime fellow in Column |
bia University. in a volume entitled ''FTron the
Cotton Field TO the Cotton Mill" published nv
MacnaiIIaIl, mas made an interesting study OF
conditions in North Carolina as affected by the
introduction Of cotton manufacturing The book
is carefully written from the results of ten years
personal observation. and. while the study has
been confined to a single state much of it. Of
course is equally applicable TO other sections Of
the South. After brief statement of the PROB
lens involved in the change from an exclusively
agricultural to largely manufacturing COM
munity, and brief survey OF the social and
political history OF North Carolina, the author
takes up the story of the beginning growth and
present development of the industry in the state
inquiries into the social and industrial condition
OF the operatives. including such topics as wages
and cost Of living social life and agencies for So
clal betterment development of class conscious
ness, the relations of employer and employed and
makes separate studies Of the subjects OF the
child in the mill and the Negro as competitor
OF white labor. Apart from it's sociological and
economical sides. the volume appears to have
been written with a view to offsetting the many
unfriendly criticisms that have been made of
manufacturing conditions in the South and
extreme caution and reserved judgment. Mr.
Thompson paints in rosy rues his pictures OF
the social life Of the operatives who he says are
drawn from the class of small land owners and
ferent mills and who. while living in COMPARE