New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-26
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

to Come.
The nrst volume of the Dictionary of Christ
and the Gospels" edited by tho Rev. James
Hastings, at once obtained large a subscrip-
ton list that the publishers-Charles scribner's
Sons-have not been able to got the work bound
fast enough. This dictionary IS independent Of
the Dictionary of the Bible" but Is In q sense
complementary to that Its range ia greater
than that of the Gospels, as 1t seeks TO cover
all that relates to Christ throughout the Bible
and IN the life ana literature of the world. II
will contain for example. articles on the Patris-
tic estimate OF Jesus. tho Medieval estimate,
the Reformation and Modern estimates. as well
as articles on Christ in the Jewish writings and
In the Moslsm literature
The author of 1.-THE Garden of Commuters
Wife" has written novel with tho odd title Of
'Poppsea Of tho Postofics." II Is story of
country life-a life which Mrs Wright has q
peculiar gift IN treating.
The establishment of beautiful country homes
has aroused demand for works on landscape
gardening. and several useful reprints are to be
brought from the Riverside Press. These in
clude Humphrey Repton's art Of Landscape
Gardening" revised and edited by John Noleni
Thomas Whately's Theory and Practice OF
Landscape Gardening" edited by Frederick
Law Olmsted. jr.. and the work of Puclklsr Won
Muskau on his own park In Germany. translat-
ed by Samuel Parsons. Jr.
The danger IN using q language ono has no
acquaintance with is illustrated in this COM
munication published IN the London Notes and
Querfes';
land !" 1908. vol / P II we arc toia that =.
WR an es M
Pennell seems to think this is sort OF national
tempted to try experiments With passing Magyar
feel bound TO point out that Il Is bIasphemou.
her she had Is msanDs EsadsT
DIaIs in his ;ypses Of ' span' owing 10
theory he had mai from il IS derived the name
not Of their race. borrow calls It "a term s1::
MssaT to the dFTaee be SaSs
So an SSsaPsS sn6 Sfn heard Ou never
The likeness OF stonewan jackson TO John
Brown in small ways as well as In main lines
of character. is mentioned by Dr. ,. K Hosmsr
in his book 1.-THE Appeal TO Arms" His spirit
says the author twas that OF the Puritan, Of
an ancient Judge of Israel. q Jephthsh or
Joshua"
Ono Of Jackson's soldiers thought he was
crazy because he often met him IN the woods
gesticuatins wildly and talking 70 himself. OBJ
realize that his general was praying:
who became his chief OF stan. who was with him
15st and % t f scp
jGScton to pray Without csasing He never ate
cor could fFa Ra ma letter
Just received perform any familiar act. without
When riding he was constantly at prayer. and
his lips in ejac1lstiOns After victories his bv
opaes became camp meetngs IN when ,S oGeGS gaH
Though he aid not scrqple, 20 tight on Sunday
ordinary mac actions he was rigdiy saSbatsran:
letter received Saturday night must remain nun. I'm
II he thought it must be conveyed on Sunday.
A forthcoming book by DR.. A H. Messiter. or
ganist and choirmaster OF Trinity Church from
1865 to 1897. will present its authors notes and
recollections relating 10 the history OF church
music in Trinity parish The promoters of the
publication are all ex-choristers OF Trinity
Church
Lovers Of open air joys should not forget that
the new British Ambassador was once the
president Of the Alpine Club. and has written
book his favorite occupation OF mountain
climbing. He was the first of his race to
climb to the summit of Mount Ararat. as is
shown in his "Transcaucasia and Ararat."
Alfred Ollivant's striking story OF dog, Bob
Son of Battle, has gone into its fifteenth edi-
ton. The book it is stated, has had steady
sale for the last ten years
The recent death of the translator jeremiah
Curtin, the possessor of seventy languages, re-
minds an English commentator OF that Cardinal
Mezzofanti who spoke with considerable fiuency
some fifty sixty languages OF the most wide
ly separated families Byron called him the
Brlareus of the parts OF speech
A new anecdote has been added to the series
gradually accommodating round the chronicles of
the engaging Sherlock Holmes. Tennessee
man. II is said, has asked the Harper firm for the
address OF Holmes, with the object of getting
the amateur detective to explain some mys-
ferrous markings on an important paper.
The question of food and it's adulteration is
the motive of English novel entitled THE
Confectioners." The book describes the fashion
in which g. clever man corners with modern
methods" the science of adulteration by draw
ing to himself all it's experts. and how his mo-
nopoly is destroyed by the invention OF a uni
versal substitute CALLED "Gruntleite." The scene
is set in a period when every need of mankind
Is arsihcslIy supplied.
AT the battle of Mobile Bay, in August, 1854
the monitor Tecumseh, commanded by IT. A
Craven. sunk by Confederate torpedo
as she entered the bay. Captain Craven and
the pilot were in the little iron pilot house when