New-York tribune., 1906-02-26

Frederick Jones Bliss's THE DEVELOPMENT Of
Palestine Exploration" was published last Sat
urday by Charles Scribner's Sons The author
who has taken active part in actual field
work In the region, has aimed to give a vivid and
appreciative account Of the other explorers in
the Holy Land, and OF their notable discoveries
Mofat. Yard & Co. have acquired the sole
right 10 publish the reproductions of the paint
ings Of Charles Schreyvogel. the delineator Of
frontier life whose picture My Bunke," won
the Thomas B. Clarke prize at the National
Academy exhibition in 1900. The first print to
be published under the new Arrangement is en-
titled Saving the Lieutenant" and will be Is
sued early in March The subject illustrates
the rescue Of a young officer by his veteran
troopers from an Indian attack
The appreciation with which the publication
in the original, OF Xavier de Maistre's Voyage
autour de ma Chambre" was received has led
Houghton. Miffiin & Co. to add Bernardin de
Saint-Pierre's Paul ct Virginie'' to the list of
their Riverside Press editions. The text fol-
lows that Of the original first edition, is set in
typo of Didot style. imported from Paris, and is
embellished with reproductions of the original
engravings. These illustrations are not photo
graphic facsimiles, but have been in each case
re-engraved wood by NJ. Lamont Brown. and
the prints are Japan paper proofs. separately
mounted. The binding is of decorated French
paper boards, with paper label, and the edition
is limited 10 2S0 copies. of which $50 have been
placed on sale.
Delay has occurred in the publication OF the
second volume OF the revised and enlarged edi-
ton of Groves Dictionary Of Music and Mu-
sicians" but the Macmillans promise it's issue
some time in March. Many OF the articles
have been entirely rewritten for this edi-
ton and many new have been added.
American music and musicians receiving due
recognition. The work will ultimately fill five
bulky volumes. and will be illustrated with
plates as well as with the original cuts scat
tered through the text.
The fourth volume of the Rev. Morgan Dix's
History of the Parish Of Trinity Church"
which the Putnams publishing this month.
brings the account down to the time of the ac-
cession of the author. the present rector. In
these four volumes DR.. Dix tells the story of the
growth of his parish from its organization by
the Colonial Assembly and its establishment by
rcyal charter respectively IN 1888 and 1897, to
the wear 1852 He shows how Trinity's annual
income of 100000 is spent supporting twenty
four chapels, maintaining seventeen parochial
schools and charities and making annual grants
TO many struggling churches. Not the least IN
teresting function OF work is the dignified an
swer It makes in its simple and direct narrative.
TO the Misrepresentation and abuse with which
Trinity Corporation has been assailed.
Professor Edwin w. Bowen, OF Randolph
Macon College, In interesting article on
What is Slang?" in the current number OF the
Popular Science Monthly ranges himself along
side OF Professors Lounsbury and Mathews in
the contention that slang has its proper place
in linguistic economy. DIR. Bowen protests that
he is far from holding brief for slang. but he
does maintain. against the reactonary attitude
OF the purists that slang is not to be absolutely
condemned as the main source OF corruption OF
our speech. but that, contrariwise, II Is an i'm
portant factor in the growth or our Vernacular.
serving a useful purpose in repairing the waste
which necessarily occurs in English as IN every
spoken language The waste in slang Is, or