New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-12

are Baseball and Football" by John N. Ward
and Ralph D. Paine. and Skating. Ice Yacht
ing and Skate Sailing by Archibald Rogers
and Daniel c. Beard.
An ingenious device TO stimulate the interest
Of dilatory book reviewers IN a recently issued
volume has Just been received from Paul Elder
& Co. publishers Of "A Matrimonial Primer"
by Y. B. Ames. II is headed "a Protest to the
Critics" and processes TO take to task those
who have already accorded notices TO the book
for treating It hippantly collection Of humor-
Gus and witty aphorisms instead OF a work con-
ceiyed by the author and accepted by the pub
fishers in good faith. as a book to serve as a
safe guide 70 the newly married and as a fair
warning TO those about TO take the final plunge"
Naturally those critics who have passed the
little volume by viii take II up TO see if it has
really been so misunderstood, and will justify
their effort by expressing their own opinions.
Those who have previously written the few lines
OF notice that the book merits will be content
TO let their judgment stand assured that the
publishers are perfectly content TO be "quite
helpless in the matter II the public will take
NE Primer as a Joke we suppose that we
must continue 10 sell it 10 them as such"
Dean Hodges Of the Protestant Episcopal
theological Seminary at Cambridge, Mass, has
published many volumes Of sermons. The latest,
Brought out by Thomas Whitaker, is called
The Human Nature OF the Saints" It is no re-
lection on the saints that the dean considered
Il necessary 10 emphasize their possession of this
Characteristic. DR.. Hodges is now preaching a
special course Of sermons at Leland Stanford jr
University which VIII probably shortly find
their way into book form.
Professor James H Hyslop's forthcoming vol
ume, Enigrnas Of PsychicaI Research" to be
brought out by Herbert B. Turner 6. Co, is in
the nature Of a digest Of the twenty or more
bulky volumes OF the annual reports of the
Society for Psychical Research. bringing TO light
great number Of curious and apparently well
authenticated. and certainly well vouched for
'@o-np4es Of supernornal phenomena. Chapters
eIe devoted to crystal gazing, teepathy dreams,
Feihohluons, clairvoyance and kindred topics
AL the illustrative cases described are those
the society.
me recent election to Parliament of c. T. G.
~IasteIman gives certain timely, not n say
personal significance 10 a paraerapb in his
80" IN FeI1l OF Change" published in this
country by B. w Huebsch:
rlrs, II gnce more the party which calls Itself
aatersty that party has learnt on The one land
fTlar II
!-s~ Iisraeh deserted; the otber - ~ "a
lpfoes more Iltal than the middle class indi-
,lQlalsm OF the nnid-Nctorian period 80 go, 49,
'i me healing OF the diseases Of q newer FT0ianI
Mr. Masterman is fellow OF Cbrist.s C,o,,ooo
Cambridge Literary Editor Of The I,ondo, TaIl,,
News frequent contributor 10 other perio5i-
cais and an active factor in the .sYouno tn
eiai" party.
Two pounds OF literature In the shan. .,
volume containing. in addition 10 THE De,e,-
oiiaent OF the Sunday School-Frorn Toh..
haikes, 1870 10 1906" the Official J2erort -
'4e Eleventh international Sunday School CON
Fenton" at Toronto. Canada last June have
Just been received at this office. The book. which
ichs 10 I'D pages, octave. has 400 half tone films
uations and 125 contributors, among them
.-lshoD Vincent, DR.. Hurlburt, Professor Brun-
'9ugh, DR.. Hamill. Dean Sanders. Robert z
N'eer Charles o. Trumbull. Drs. Levi Gilbert
W Il. Geistweit. Blackall and Sanders Presi-
"eat sherer and the Rev. Carey Bonner. II is
~0''. reservations are already being made
,-'lSln.y cheap at 20 cents. Ten thousand copies
lS'F already been sold and another ten thou
s~to Is on the press. The method taken to secure