The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17
Books.

The delightful extracts from the letters
and diaries of Mrs. Samuel II. Smith, who
was Margaret Baysrd, which rave ap-
peared in a magazine during the last year.
are nov printed 10 book form as The First
Forty Years of Washington Society" edited
by Gaillard Hunt Charles Scribner's Sonsl
The editors work In q marvel Of discretion.
The familiar views OF jefferson, who was
the diarist's hero, and OF the other famous
men who appeared in Washington from
1900 TO 1870 are valuable historically. SO is
the account OF the capture Of the city by
the British. Still. the charm OF the book
is largely in the person OF the writer and in
the glimpees OF American life during those
forty years, and 1t is to be hoped that
further extracts OF q less public nature may
yet be published.
II Englishmen who do things would only
have the sense to relate what they have
done instead Of trying to be funny MIR.
Donald MAXWELL in "A Cruise Across Europe
John Lane Company describes a very I'M
usual journey. With a companion he
tool a rather clumsy boat through the
canals Of Holland, up the Rhine and the
Main to the Ludwig canal in Bavaria
that connects the Rhine and Danube water
1hNA5f oiN NbAN Nc"h Az otAub w NtN
mouth. The Rhine part has been done be-
fore much more comfortably in canoes.
There seems to ave been little forethought
as regards weather or the amount OF haul
ing needed. How interesting the story
might have been may be gathered from
the fragments Of the log and the detailed
account Of the progress through the canal.
The greater part OF the book consists of
VpnracGinnfafin aLaf,hna ~ Nr,,,al .l.--
tures. with very little insight into what
the travel ers saw. There are many draw
ings by the author and his companion,
some Of them clever Rnd amusing.
Another excellent one volume edition Of
The Complete Works OF William Shake
speare" comes to us from the Clarendon
Press at Oxford (Hcnry Frowde,. The
type is good, clear and very readable. the
volume is convenient TO the hand and the
binding strong. The text, which is edited
by WI Craig, is arranged in double columns
andthe lines are numbered at frequent inter-
vals. The order OF the plays is the con-
ventional one, beginning with "The
Tempest" At the end will be found an
index Of characters and a glossary. Il
will be a great convenience 10 students
and all who need their Shakespeare In a
single volume.
The marked characteristic Of The Alto
gether New Cynic's Calendar Of Rev ised
Wisdom for 1907" paul Elder and Com
pany, San ~Francisco) is the not altogether
new process of twisting an old saying or
phrase into smart modern f~acetiousness.
1t o three authors to supply enough Of
this species Of epigram to equal the weeks Of
the year, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant,
Oliver Herford and Addison c. Miner.
The pictures are unpleasant and sometimes
vulgar.
Fastidious palates in search Of novelty
may turn TO "l0l Mexican Dishes" by May
z. Southworth paul Elder and Company.
They will surely find something ne~ there.
and in man cases something strong. The
recipes read as though they could be carried
out with good results.
II reputable American publishers will
follow the bad practice Of covering with
their names books printed in Great Britain
they surely should sec what 10 IL that they
father. Nothing more useless than Every
body's ~CyclopHdia" Frederick A. Stokes
Company has come to our notice in a long
time. II is inconceivable that even in
England the thing called IAN Atlas Of the
World should have becn offered 10 tho
public.
A collection Of sixty pictures. chiefly por-
traits. makes up Masterpieces " Reynolds"
frederick A. Stokes Company. Though
very srnaIl they are clear and give an idea ~
the originals. The only reason for the col
lection that Ye ran discovcr II that H. serves
1s a catalogue Tor the cntorprising firm OF
photographers Who apparently got II up.
Tho occasion for the publication Of Links
in Ny Life ON Land aud Sea, " by J. ".
Gambler ~. p. DuttOn and Company does
not appear from a perusal Of the book.
The author was formerly a British naval
officer and when he CLOSES his autobiography
had just served as correspondent for tho
Times in tho Russo Turkish war. He was
connected With many persons of note