The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-10
other Books.

While IL il true that in writing verse for
children Mr.. Clinton Scoll&rd can hardly
be compared with Stevenson. yet in "A
Boys Book Of Rhymes" George William
Browning, Clinton, N. " he made a vslu-
able contribution TO q form Of literature
which ia by no means overburdened with
genuine poetry. In all the poems the child's
point Of view and simplicity OF thought are
regarded and the skill acquired from the
struggle Of many years with complicated
rhythms enables the author to express
himself with the melody that youth de-
mands. The little book has been adopted
wisely az a school textbook. and now APP
pears in a new Ind enlarged edition.
One of the interesting Orientals who
have been converted by Protestant mis-
sionariss and have since emierated TO this
country. the Rev. Faddoul Moghabghab,
has been lecturing to religious audiences
on life in Syria. He found early that his
hearers were attracted chiefly by descrip-
tions Of shepherd life ard these he has
arranged as a sort OF ethnographic CON-
mentary on the Twenty-third Psalm in
The Shepherd Song on the Hills of Leb-
anon" (E. p. Dutton and Company. TIT
book IA illustrated with very fine photo
graphs.
The manner in which Britons are organ-
lied for political purposes Is shown dis
tinctly In the story Of q party association
it might not be courteous to call IL ma
chine-"The National Liberal Federation"
by Robert Spence Watson, Ill. ID. ct.
Fisher Unwin; A. Vessels Company The
present organization has been thirty years
in existence and all the meetings are here
reported, bur DR.. Watson relates that John
Bright told him how he ran bis Rochdsle
district in the '30s. He described In detail
their mode of procedure and how by IL
they had divided Rochdsle into canvassing
districts. At the head Of each OF which there
was a Captain over a Committee. Each
member of the Committee undertook one
or two streets in a special district. and made
himself responsible for seeing that a return
was obtained Of every voter In such streets.
Thus, whenever there a. a B~ye-election
or a General Election declared the whole
town could be covered and ~canvasssd
within a very short space Of time. II I re-
member rightly he stated forty-eight hours
after any vacancy occurred" The whole
Of one side Of British politics for q genera
ton is covered by this volume. Mr.. Bir-
rell provides an introduction.
Devotees of physical exercise will find a
marvellous amount OF information COM
pressed into the sixty pages Of DR.. Anders
Wide's Home Gymnastics IN Ling's Sys-
tenn" Funk and Wagnalls Company. A
third Of his brief space Is devoted by the
author to explaining why people should
take exercise and TO a brief account of
Pehr Henrik Ling. the father OF ~ sdish
gymnastics; fou more pages contain di-
r~ections for reviving apparently drowned
persons. The rest OF the book describes
progressive exercises, most Of which need
no apparatus. that are likely to keep those
who practise them strong and healthy.
To the many auxiliary reading books for
school children Mr.. Frank o. Carpenter
adds one on Foods and Their Uses Charles
Scribner's Sons). II contains much gen.
eral information that may be made inter-
esting by a sensible teacher. II seems a
mistake to put the chapter on the chemistry
OF food al the beginning, IL the readers
are as young as the patronizing tone OF
narration leads one to infer. II the OWLS
of alcohol and tobacco are to be pointed
out In q book OF this sort II should he done
At greater length and more carefully. The
authors statement may very easily give
offence There Us another kind of drink