Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14

Are a substantial world. both pure and good
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and
blood
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Wordsworth
mo other works of D'Annunzio, not
even the beautiful francesca reach
such heights" says Charlotte Porter of
'The Daughter of Jorio," in her intro
duction to the authorized translation of
the Italian dramatist's pastoral trag-
edy, which Little Brown & Co. are pub
fishing in handsome style. "They have
artistry, power, concrete truth to life
in common with The Daughter OF
Jorio,'" she continues, but they do not
approach it in that inner truth to life
which unveils the purity and aspiration
of the power of supreme love in life and
in art. That inner life of the power OF
love hallows this tragedy. Hence the
poets art gains an unerring potency OF
touch, and 1t makes the loving of Mia
worthy of a younger brother of the
Dante of the Vita Nuova' and the
Paradise" The book will be finely H.
lustrated including frontispiece por-
trait and five illustrations. reproduced
from photographs of scenes in the Ital-
ian production of the drama.
Those who are interested in munich
pal government will find in Mr. Alleyne
Ireland's recent volumes on colonial ad-
ministration in the far east, published
by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., detailed
account of the system of municipal
government in force in the province OF
Eurma. An abstract of the munlcpal
administration is given; and the de-
scription of municipal administration Is
accompanied by copious statistics de-
signed to show the cost and efficiency
,-;r oiy onfiuitfaS in the
province. This account of municipal az
fairs derives added Importance from
the fact that it takes it's place In
series of monographs from Mr.. ire
lands pen which will deal with muni-
cipal government as 1t exists in all the
more important dependencies in the far
east.
President Theodore Roosevelt has writ
ten a foreword for the late Jeremiah
Curtin's 'The Mongols," an important
historical work which Little, Brown &
Co. are publishing in which he says:
1.-The death of jeremiah Curtin robbed
America of one of her two or three fore
most scholars. The extraordinary facil-
ity with which he learned any language
his gift of style in his own language, his
industry, his restless activity and desire
to see strange nations and out-of-the-way
peoples and his great gift of imagination,
which enabled him to appreciate the epic
sweep of vital historical events, all COM
bined to render his work of popular value.
His extraordinary translations OF the
Polish novels of Sienkiewicz would have
been enough to establish first-class rep
utation for any man. But nothing that he
did was more important than his studies
of the rise of the mighty Mongol en-
pire and it's decadence. In this particu-
Arne English
scholar has ever approached him."
1.-THE Spirit of Old West Point" by Cen
eral Morris Schaff, has been added to the
ships libraries of the United States navy
Convinced that the cause of Peace 1T.
self is jeopardized by the exaggerations
and oversigkts of it's noisier followers, l
have thought it expedient to collect under
one cover a few articles, in which the
rationale and justification of war and Of
it's procedure have been considered under
different aspects" says Captain A. L.
Mahan in the preface to his new book,
"Some Neglected Aspects of War;" which
Little, Brown & Co. are publishing To
Captain Mahan's articles on "The Moral
Aspect of War" 1.-THE Practical Aspect
of War" WAR from the Christian Stand
point" and 1.-The Hague Conference of
1907 and the Question of Immunity for
Belligerent Merchant Shipping" have
been added an important paper on the
topic, 1.-THE Power That Makes for Peace"
by Henry s. Pritchett, formerly president
of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, and discussion on "The Cap
ture of Private Property at Sea-" by Ju-
Ian Corbett, a well known English
authority on naval subjects.
Perhaps no poetic form has such rich
associations of pleasure for the poetry
lover as the sonnet-the key with which
many of the worlds greatest poets have
unlocked their hearts The sonnets of
Longfellow, now first collected, arranged
and edited, with an introduction by Ferris
Greenslet, and published by Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., will stand comparison with
any similar group in the language. They
embody the ripest art of the best loved
American poet. AS they have been ar
ranged they reflect the current of his
inner life with fine sincerity, and con-
| stitute what is practically a poetic biog-
raphy. The beautiful little book is full of
pure poetry, is one of the brightest gems
| in the treasury of American letters.
! Moffat Yard & Co. will publish in jan
uary Col. John S. Mosby's monograph on
| "Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg
| Campaign" The work will contain a
| sketch of the battle of Charlottesville,
in which Stuart succeeded Jackson in
| command after the latter fell, and of
the great cavalry combat between Stuart
and Pleasanton which was the first act
| in the drama of the Gettysburg cam
paign This is followed by a descrip-
tion of the movements of both armies
preceding the battle.