New-York tribune., 1906-07-07
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, JULY T. 1906 :

SATURDAY. JULY z. 19
sion II frequently happens that 1T is necessary
to adopt or modified titles for American
books published IN Great Britain. Mrs. Thur
ston's novel. ''The MasqueradeT.'' which was
first published In this country. appeared in Lon
don as John Chilcote. M. P.." the former title
having been pre-empted there. More recently II
has been found necessary to alter the title OF
Rex E. Beachs novel of Nome life, "The Spoil
ers," TO THE Spoilers Of the North. in bringing
out the English edition, English writer.
Edwin Pugh, had published novel called THE
Spoilers" at about the same time that Mr.
Beach's story appeared in America.
Bert Lesion Taylor and w. C. Gibson. who
were responsible for the witty little book entitled
'rhe Log of the Water Wagon" have been
couraged to record the further adventures OF
the passengers and crew Of that stanch craft
after it wrecked in the dust storm which
formed the climax of the volume. Extra Dry
is the name Of the sequel. the lively contents Of
which enforce the moral Drink in Moderation
and Keep Off the Water Wagon" Scattered
through the narrative are many apt saws and
pithy epigrams. such as the following:
You can fool some Of the people all the time and
al the people some Of the ttme-but you can't fool
pays to do your drinking at home.
One good drink deserves another-and usually
He who smiles last smiles best. He is one ahead
OF the game.
Charles William Bowers. at time the
staff of '"The Tribune" and more recently assO-
ciated with daily newspaper life of Richmond.
Va, has just published little volume Of orig
inal verse, the composition, presswOrl and bind
ing of which are entirely the work of his
nd
Other Poems" the little book is issued in the
shape of miniature newspaper file. There is a
pleasant. homemade quality in the verses which
quite accords with the dress in which they
presented to the public.
Charles Dormon Robinson. the San Francisco
artist, is Injured to conhagrations Che has
seen his home city burn four times-in 1851.
1858. 1854 and 1906 that he was able calmly
to paint picture OF the latest fire when at it's
height and found time to make thirteen pastels
OF various phases OF il as we'll One OF these
pastels is to be reproduced in color in the August
Century"
Louis Rhead's attractively illustrated book on
1.-THE speckled Brook Trout which was origi-
nally published by Robert Howard Russell and
was later acquired by Harper & Brothers, has
now passed into the hands Of the Frederick A.
Stokes Company. which will issue it as COM
panion volume TO the same authors "The
Basses; Fresh Water and Marine"
Curious instances Of the strange freaks played
by natures electrical batteries form the contents
of Camille FTammarion's Thunder and Light
Ming" recently issued by Little. Brown & Co.. in
English translation by Walter MOstyn. One
of the most deplorable and inexplicable Of the
fantastic actions Of lightning is its propensity for
removing the clothes Of its victims. many in
stances Of which are given by the author. There
is no telling what lightning will not do. Some
times it will snatch things out of peoples hands
and carry them away without injury to them.
The author relates several such occurrences:
There is a case Of mug being thus spirited away
and deposited undamaged in courtyard neaT-the
eiehteen. holding up a missai from which he was
TWo iades s q quietly OK Kntting have their Knitting
needles stolen girl vas IS sitting stu Eat at asI se%ing %
Lightning. ana her scissors are gone and 81, She is
is Carrying pitchfork on his shoulder; the light
ming seizes IL, carries it off fifty yards and
twists its prOngs into corkscrews.
These and other queer pranks Of thunderbolts
give rise to the following philOsophic reflection
by the author:
Franks they seem to us. but We may be sure there
with women. Women IN their caprices are obeying
they seem.
"Litchfeld County Sketches is the title of
handsomely bound and printed volume, by
Newell Meelker Calhoun, privately published, in
edition of five hundred copies under the au-
spices Of the Litchfeld County (Conn) Univer-
sity Club. There will be fourteen other volumes
in the SERIES devoted to the history and interests
OF Litchfield County. In this first volume the
author writes pleasantly and sympathetically on
such homely and familiar topics "Grassgrown
Roads, THE Upper Reaches OF the Farming
ton." 1.-TWO Country Parsons" "A Deserted
Farm ''The Old Red School House" and THE
Country Doctor
An English edition Of E. B. Greenshields's
Landscape Painting and Modern Dutch Art
ists.' which was published in March by The
Baker & Taylor Company, has just been brought
out by Gay & Bird. Of London. A Canadian
edition was published simultaneously with that
in the United States.
The well known missionary Dr. Arthur IT
Smith. who sails to-day for the Far East has
written. during his visit to this country a vol
ume entitled America and China" which will
be published by the Fleming H. Reveu
Company. Based upon his long experience in
the East and qualified by the impressions he re-
ceived during his stay in the United States it is
stated that his comparison Of the two countries
is not always iattering to us a people.
The lectures recently delivered by the Ri Rev
William Paret. D. d. Bishop of Maryland, on
the Reinicker foundation under the title of
1.-THE Place and Function Of the Sunday School
in the Church" will be published this summer
in book form by Thomas Whitaker
new novel by Molly Elliot seawell is prom
Used for early publication by the Appletons
Entitled 1.-THE Victory" il will be a story of the