The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-16

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ps~ts ehfanoloairaiiy, strictly accufdlng "
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usually q sinals epeclmen ~ each, moi
always the tssat ~ most characteristic,
but GENERALLY poetic enough. Bfevity ap'
parently Ia Tho criterion, The ysrss 70
almost wholly lyrical Authors stu living
are treated GENEROUSLY, The collection,
therefore, IL hardly representative " CON
tains much that v SECOND rate, but on the
other hand there Ia llttle that 10 h~aokneyed,
unfamiliar pieces' by known authors are
brought 10 tho Feadsy's nosloe and Q lot OF
now names besides, some Of which may
bscone famous.
Sir Walter Armstrong; entertaining and
suggestive llttle monograph on Thomas
Oainsborough' appears In . rev sdition
n. p. Dutton and Company, Tbs exigen-
oiss OF the page demand excessive ~
duotion In tho ploturos; 10 this oase' a.
many Of the illustrations are OF portraits
and ~ tho plates are unusually clear, an
idea Of the original may BE- found more
easily than In many Of these little volumes'
Another classio Of travel Il added 20 Dr.
Reuben Gold Thwaits's "Early Western
Travels, i74s-islo' CHE Arthur II. Clark
Company, Cleveland) In volume XXI,
which contains the first volume OF Travels
In the Interior OF North America. by Maxi
milan, Prince OF WED, in the English trans
lation Of ls4S, revised and augmented by
collation. with the original. The Prince
visited this country In iss2-eA and his In
terest was chiefly In Indians and natural
history. His comments on what he saw
incidentally are very entertaining n
cause regret that he did not let himself
out more.
Though frankly admitting that he Is writ
ing In self-defence, Mr.. j. Ogden Armour
in "The Packers, the Private Car Lines and
the People, Henry Altemus Company,
Philadelphia) has the advantage over
hysterical alarmists Of knowing what he 10
talking about. The details of the great
business he treats Of, the workings, the
difficulties, the compilations and the
methods are all described. There may
be difference Of opinion as to the authors
views Of matters, but his presentation
OF facts is clear and we fancy will be
found difficult to oontrovert- His answer
as to the absurd outcry about unoleanliness
ought to satisfy any intelligent man.
An interesting article on mediDvalL imoges
enamel comes TO us from NJ. J-J. Marquet de
vasselot In "Les Emaux Limousins a
Fond Vermicules ERNEST Lerou1, Paris).
From the study of the details Of the en-
these be enumerates nearly seventy speoi-
mens, the author deduoes four schools Of
workmanship. and FIXES the dates Of these
appro ximately. They all belong to the end
OF the twelfth and the beginning Of the thir-
teenth century. The article is Illustrated
with several plates.
Readers Of Balzao In English will be glad
to get a translation Of Hippolyte Adolphe
Taine's critical study Of sBal1ao, (which has
beer lone by Mr.. Lorenzo O'Rourke Funk
and Wagnalls Company. 1t Is preceded
by q long appreciation by the translator,
perhsps q little too laudatory. of Tame him.
sell. In the translation Tains's praise Of
Balzao sounds rather rhetorical, too, but
enthusiasm In either case Is not out Of place.
Amass Of useful Information will be found
in 'The Commercial Handbook Of Canada y
by Ernest Heaton Heaton's Agency, To-
ronto). 1t is prepared chiefly for tina use
Of business men. Following on "hints to
traders" we find many practical tables and
lsts, a gazetteer Of the chief towns, informa-
ton on the law Of mining, commerce and 90
forth, q statement of practice In the custom
house and the Canadian customs tariff In full,
with much other matter,