The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

Of adventure. Here we have a translation
in two volumes OF Champlain's condensed
Voyages" of 1882, with the addition OF
the account Of the 1908 voyage taken from
sPurchas His Pilgrims" Prof. Edward
GAYLORD Bourne of Yale University supplies
a very satisfactory introduction and notes
The translation from the French 10 by MIS-
Bourne and is unusually conscientious.
A we'll nigh forgotten poets prose essays
are republished in very attractive form
In "Dreamthorp,' by Alexander smith
| Mitchell Kennerley). They make very
pleasant reading and in style and interest
| are in marked contrast to the essays that
| are written according to rule nowaday
The art Of writing them, or perhaps the
ability to assimilate knowledge and htera-
ture that made such essays possible APP
parently died out in the COS with the
coming of the specialists and the modern
education. A charming introduction has
been written by Mr.. John Hogben, whose
hone that there may be a renewed interest
in Alexander Smith deserves fulflment
Another selection from "~Swinburne's
Poems y this one edited by DR.. Arthur
Beatty CThomas Y. Crowell and Company.
The editor follows the poets own selection,
IL we understand him correctly. but arranges
the poems in classes according to his own
Judgment. The attractive form in which
the little volume is printed compensates
for the introduction Of didactic annexation
TO S~winburne.
A new holiday edition Of Whittier's
Snow Bound" is published by Dodd,
| Mead and Company. Mr.. A. j. lorio's
decorations in color are pretty and appro-
- A. Ennakinnfa fr0nfianlaCA
IL good. but the best illustrations are the
photographs from nature. The volume
will make a charming holiday gift.
n ia difficult TO say whether Mr.. George
Alfred wiliams's audacity or his discretion
will attract most attention in MIR. Pick
wick's Christmas" The Baker and Taylor
| Comnanv,. This consists Of the chapters
from Pickwick describing the Christmas
at Mr.. Wardle's. illustrated in color and IN
black and White by MIR. Williams. His
portrait Of MIR. Wardle is good; where ne
ramamhers and initiates the -Phiz" pic
lures he ia not bad, but where he attempts
originality he fails signally. He Hoes not
understand the Dickens spirit, and DIS
rpnresentations Of Pickwick and Wrinkle
are ibels. He takes good care, however
to give no prominence to Sam Weller or
the fat boy or Bob Sawyer or the young
lady with the fur tipped boots. We don't
like Dickens abridgments and we cannot
see that Mr.. WiIliams's pictures Justify
his ambition.
No doubt many people would like to know
all about their automobiles. An attempt to
supply some Of the needed information is
made in why's and Wherefores OF the
Automobile" CThe Automobile Institute,
Cleveland) "a simple explanation OF the
dement's Of the gasolene motor car The
explanations are brief and direct and are
doubtless palmer to those familiar with
the machines than to those who simply
try to dodge them in time.
Nature certainly j~ustifes daily quota
tions more than many other subjects that
calendar makers select. All the Year lr
the Garden" compiled by Esther Matsor
CThomasY Y. Crowell and Company, provides
a quotation in verse or prose for every day
often appropriate TO the season and occa'
s~ionallv to the day itself. All are descrip'
tive of nature. The illustrations are photo
graphs Of flowers and outdoor scenes.
The title "A Book Of English Gardens
Macmillane) is SUR to attract readers
who NAV not be entirely disappointed
MANY pretty places are talked about, though
there does not seem to be much method IL
their selection, and many garden scenes
are reproduced in pretty sketches. will
vivid coloring by Katharine Montagu Wyatt
which, we fancy, rave lost something II
the process Of reproduction. The text il
devoted not so much to describing tn
gardens in question as to giving the histor!
Of the places. 1t is by NJ. R. Gloag. Garden
like these cannot be made wholly unattrac
tive. but a little less erudition and a littl
more feeling for outdoor life would hav,
improved the book greatly.