The National tribune., 1906-11-15
RECENT LITERATURE.
VIOLIN IRREGULARITIES. Ey
DIR. Frederick Castle Published
by the author at Lowell Ind

DIR. Frederick Castle. Published
by the author at Lowell. Ind
DR.. Castle has devoted % years of
earnest thought and practical labor to
the production. modification and pres
ervatioi of violin tone He has studied
with the utmost care all :he clements
that go to make the variations of tone
in this wonderful Instrument. Ais re-
suits. as well as his deductions. are OF
the utmost interest to all lovers OF this
king of musical instruments. IL is a
book that everyone who plays or has
anything to do with fidGles should read
more than once. and each reading Will
bring some new thought Of value in
the care, handling uhd playing of .iC-
dies. The work is book of zoo pages,
6 mo-. and sells for S1.a0.
HISTORY OF THE Sd IND. CAV. By
w. n. Pickerill. Published by the
author at Indianapolis. ind.
The Sd Ind. Cav. hal an unusual
history The organization was begun
at Evansville, in Angus, 1861, with
Conrad Baker as ColouIL Six COM
panies were ordered To the Array Of
the Potomac, ard remained there dur
ing the war. while the remaining COM
panies went to Kentucky and were pe:s
of the Army of the Cumberland. Both
wings of the regiment were made up
of the best material. and made an en-
viable history for the regiment and for
the State of Indiana. The story OF thc
services of the two wings has been tod
all too briefly BY Comrade Pickeril in
a very handsome volume of 200 pages,
which is embellished with some un,
usually fine pictures, including portraits
of the officers and men. Author and
printer should both be complime3ted
for the style in which the book ap-
pears.
FOIBLES OF THE BAR. By Henry
S. Wilcox Published by the Legal
Literature Co. Chicago. Ill.
Some time ago the author published
a bright little book under the title Of
''Foibles of the Bench in which he
took up the idiosyncrasies of the vari-
Gus Judges and made readable sketches
Of them. He has now done the same
for the members of the Bar. and makes
good pen pictures of number of types
of lawyers.
The Craftsman for November starts
out with an interesting interview with
! Maxim Gorky. which presents the man
as his intimate friends know him. Pub
, lished at 20 West 34th St. New York.
The principal features in the Amer
| lean Monthly Review of Reviews for
November are sketches of Charles E.
| Hughes and Gov bfagoon and a ro-
| mantle story of American copper de-
! velopment. Published at New York.
Ainslee's for December begins with
a novelette,, entitled THE Darling of a
( Dowager' by Miriam Nicholson. 1t is
I a story with more or less novel theme,
as may be reasonably expected from
/ the author of such book as I'm the
| Bishops Carriage" 1t is full of dra-
matte situations which successfully
stimulate interest and pique curiosity.
| and the reader is carried along without
I
! 1t Is tale which shows at its best
| Miss Michelson's power to concentrate
! the attention OF others on what she has
| to tell All booksellers and news stands.
Publishers. Street & Smith, New York.
The Popular appears this month en-
j larged to 224 pages. and at the ad-
vanced price of fifteen cents. This per-
mts the printing of a complete novel
/ in each issue. in addition to the usual
number of short stories, novelettes and
serials. The novel for December Is
! written by Francis Lynde, whose book,
| The Quickening" has been phenom-
| email success. His new novel, contained
in the December Popular. is called The
| King of Arcadia" and tells the story
| of the making of a great dam in Colo
| rado. In the same issue there is long
novelette, by ]. Egerton, called 'The
| Adventure of the King-pin Gambler"
| There are several unusually clever
| short stories-Charles K. Moser's "A
! Chinese Romeo" William Hamilton
| Osborne, '"The Benefactor and the
Bumps; "The Way of the West" by
/ Roland A Phillips; B. NJ. Bowers clev-
| er little tale, 1.-The Hall of Mirth." K
and Heslzeth Pritchard. Louis ]. Vance
and others. The serials are by Burt L.
! Standish YVin. lie Queux and Arthur w.
| Marchmont. on sale at all news stands
and booksellers. Street & Smith, New
| York, publishers.
| The cover of the October Century is
a most beautiful and artistic piece of
| design and color printing. There has
been a great advance made in this
i most attractive of the Topographic arts.
and the Century is at the very head
of the movement for the highest attrac-
| tiyeness.