The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-10


 known as "source material because in that direction so much has already been accomplished
 Biographical and historical notes serve to make each selection intelligible and carefully chosen illustrations add to the attractiveness of the text. The aim of the compilers has been to stim- ulate the pupils literary and historical taste and at the same time to put the best available material within the reach of the teacher. Due emphasis is laid on the historical and chronological data.
 Any indication of the possible suc- cess of a new book is of course eagerly awaited at a publishers office. After the Hon. Peter Sterling" had dragged along for months, and the publishers were beginning to despair of it's ever making hit the first sign of sue cess that it gave was when a discern ing San Francisco bookseller sent 8 considerable order for the book with , an enthusiastic commendation. When "The Prisoner of Zenda' was being set, the compositors expressed unusual in- terest in it and asked for copies. Strange to say this did not occur in the cases even of such successes as "Ru- pert of Hentzau," "The Gadfly," "The Lightning Conductor" and others that followed, nor again till the printing of '"The Sea Maid,' which the Holts have just published.
 | Although Anthony Hopes Rupert of Hentzau" is now in its eighth year there is still good demand for it, and Messrs. Henry Holt and company have just had to print it for the twenty-second time, and that too, despite the fact that a cheaper unillustrated authorized edition of 5O00O copies was put on the market last year. MT Gibson's illustrations (which are decidedly dramatic, and out of the usual line of his work) for the regular edition of Rupert Hentzau," and for the famous Prisoner of Zen- da," to which it is a sequel, probably have something to do with the vogue of these books. | In "The Divine Fire" Messrs. Henry Holt and company again seem to have l eAAO SSOQ AuNh Ol lleb lil5 eb pOJh lAlteN may Become a contemporary classic, for although published in 1904, it is still one of the most popular on their list, and has just been printed for the twentieth time,
 Nature books on the late spring list of the Holts include "The Bird" by Dr. c. William Beebe of the Bronx Botan- ical park, New York city, with 370 H. lustrations from photographs, which is down for June issue; The Develop ment of the Fern" by Margaret Slos- son, also Illustrated, (ApriD. Among the scientific books will be Prof. T. H. Montgomery, jr.s Racial Descent of Animals"
 McClure-P Phillips are publishing a ninth edition of Emily Holt's "Encyclo- paedia of Etiquette" and second edi- ton of G. Loves Dickinson's "A Mod ern Symposium The English publish CTS of "A Modern Symposium have just ordered a second edition.
 Vaughan Kesters panoramic novel of American life, "The Fortunes of the Landrays," is to be published in Eng land.
 Bridge whist is an old game and credited to the East, where it is said long to have been popular in Constan- tinople, Smyrna and southeastern Eu- rope. Though it was first played in England about 1880, and began to be played in America by the Whist club of New York in 1893, its real popularity in England did not begin until 1894. The beginning of the extreme vogue was due. according to R. F. Foster, au- (McClure, Phillips & Co.), to mere accident. The game apparently did not find it's way into the Portland club until 1884, fourteen years after it's in- troduction in England, says MT. Eos ter in the preface to his book. "One of their number, forgetting to turn up the trump at whist explained the irregu- larity by saying that he thought he was playing bridge. Upon being asked what bridge was, We are told that he expressed astonishment at the ignor- ance of his fellow members--the Port land being then the leading card club in London. The first duplicate game of bridge ever played in England was a private tournament held at the Priory in Ware, April 15, 1894, in which thirty couples took part, the highest score be- ing made by two Americans, MT. and Mrs, c. T. Garland"
 E. P. Dutton &, Go. are just bringing out "A Primer of Logic" by E. E. Constance Jones, of Girton college Cambridge, The little book opens with a discussion of the definition and scope of logic, followed by chapters on terms propositions, relations of propositions "induction' classification, language | fallacies, etc. There are many tables questions on each chapter, examina- tion papers, and an index and vocabu- lary.
 The Diary of Samuel Pepys, r. R. S.. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of Charles II. and James H." is being published by E. P. Dutton & Co. in a new edition. It is a verbatim reprint of the 184S-1S49 edition in one heavy octave volume. It also includes the notes by Richard, Lord Braybrooke and an index. ID