New-York tribune., 1906-04-09

oIousht forward abundant evidence 60 disprove
NJ ClaInoerlain's aspersions. This work. which
vas Hrst brought out in 1902, has recently been
.eissueo IN two volumes by 2. P. DuttOn & Co.
- Oii'y Is II valuable as a connected narrative
u 'aOor and labor movements IN the British
4s4eS' OUT II Is especially useful account OF
the great amount Of information It contains
bearing on problems as pressing in the United
states as in Great Britain. While Mr.. Howell Is
frankly friend OF the working classes. his work
IS admirably free from personal prejudice and is
characterized by a sane and temperate regard
Tor the rights OF employer as well as employed.
Ernest Poole has written novel, his first One
IN which the hero is stated to be "a great singer
born In the tenements OF New York" but in
how many OF them no was born the announce
ment omits to mention. The story Is published
by A. 8. Barnes & Co.. and is called 1.-THE Voice
OF the Street"
Another novel with musical motive, prom
lsed for early publication by Moffat Yard & Co.,
will be entitled Where Speech Ends" It's au-
thor is Robert Haven Schaufler, recent Prince
ton graduate, who has already contributed short
stories TO the monthly magazines, and essays
on musical subjects to "The Outlook" The
Chicago Orchestra forms the background for
his novel, to which Henry van Dyke has con-
tributed prelude"
A new popular work on natural history, by
Ernest Ingersol will soon be published by Mac
milan It viii be called '"The Life OF Animals
and will give great deal Of useful and enter
tanning information in regard to the habits Of
mammals, their ancestry, their place In nature
ther ways OF making a living, their characters
and accomplishments. The volume will contain
many colored plates, more than hundred hith-
erto unpublished photographs Of living animals
and a number Of original drawings.
Gladstone as a Man Of God" by Charles F.
Aked. is the title OF the leading article in the
current issue Of THE HOmiletic Review
While It IS doubtless true that the man who
acts as his own lawyer has fool for a client,
more general knowledge Of legal principles and
practice would save many persons from loss or
expensive litigation In the Home Library Of
Law" prepared by Albert s. Bolles. Phi. D..
LII D.. and issued in six handy 16mo volumes
by Doubleday, Page & Co., an admirable effort
has been made to bring within the understand
ing of the Iayman all the more important legal
rules and principles that apply to persons indi-
vidually, or to those who are associated with
others in the ways recognized by society. The
index, which is very full. is conveniently placed
at the beginning of the first volume, and affords
ready reference to the laws bearing on almost
every contingency that is likely to arise in the
experience Of an ordinary citizen.
Novels are not always the "best Sellers" Han
nah Whital Smith, whose Living In the Sun
shine" is being brought out by the Fleming n.
Revell Company is widely known as the author
Of '"The Christians Secret Of a Happy Life" a
copies have been sold since its first publication
many years ago.
The hve-volume Constitutional History OF
the State Of New York. by Charles 4. Lincoln
Just published by the Lawyers Cooperative
Publishing Company Of Rochester, brings to-
gether vast amount Of valuable information II
| regard to the sources and development of th'
New York constitution which has hitherto beer
unavailable to the student and publicist. No
| only has our constitution many sources com
| mon to those Of many other states but it ha'
| been the model which many state constitutions
! have followed In the moro purely historica
mart the author shows, step by step, from th
foundations far back in the history of England
and in Colonial times, the establishment o
| principles and the growth of policies which fint
their latest expression in the constitution whcl
the citizens Of New York are now living under
| that Of 1894, with its amendments. The subjec
is studied historically and by periods. each con
| stitutionaI convention marking period3 but
! topical treatment has also been applied. so tina
the work appears as a chronological as we'll as
topical development. The work also contains
| the constitution of 1894, and amendments ana
! lyzed, annotated. and showing clearly and in de
tail the exact construction placed upon 1t by tn
courts both state and federal. as shown by de
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