New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15

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Orrock, and a work in two illustrated volumes
called Queens of Beauty and Their ROmanCes.'
In this latter volume, written by w. w. Dick
son. there will be sketches of Lucy Huchin son.
Lady Mary WOrtley Montague, the Lindeys the
| SheridanS the BerTys, the beautiful Cummings
and many other noted danes.
Mr.. Louis Adolphe Coerne obtained a degree
at Harvard a couple of years ago with the
orchestration. On the basis of the latter he
has written a book on The Evolution of Mod
ern Demonstration which the Macmians have
in press.
Mr. Harry Graham. whose nonsense verses
have sometimes seemed to us clever and funny
has published a collection, Familiar
Faces" (Duffield d Coz, in which he pOkes fun
at the actor manager, the dentist the police
man, the gourmet and various other types. Mr..
Tom Hall assists him with few caricatures. At
! the end of the book there are some verses from
which we take the following:
Pray observe the stern Reviewer
IS, See with what a piercing look
This unlucky little book,
Note his gestures Of impotence,
AS he contemplates. perpleXd,
The amazing Illustrations
Which adorn the text!
Eye converges on the verse
Amy man who writes such drivel
Must be capable OF worse
La As a P GteP my manu- manu- MISSION
To suppress he whole edition,
More than tedious evry poma is;
Ev'ry drawing less than true,
quite unworthy Of review
On this balderdash no vocal
Praises my tongue hestOw:
To the dustbin of some local
Pulp mill let it go!'
Mr.. Graham must have been in prophetic
mood when he wrote these lines. We would not
be quite so severe as his swivel-eyed friend. but
we syTpathiZe with the Impotence Of that fear
some parsonage Remembering how amusing
this author has been. and with the best viii in
the world to find his book funny, We never
theiess must submit that the long drawn out
verses before Us somehow fail to make US smile.
As bit Of fooling Familiar Faces does not
quite come OFF.
The Juvenile author seems TO get his or her
innings easily enough in these days of the print
ing press. There is being published in England
a novel called The World at Eighteen" the au-
thor Miss Ray Costelioa. being herself Of that
age. According to The AtIona-ur" the book
IS the story OF i young girl, fresh from school,
cally AZ war with the world" Of which she has
read much .ut knows little. We prepared
to be deeply impressed
Mr. John c Bailey. who is favorably known
as an editor OF Cowper has written work on
| THE Claims Of French Poetry" In it he
gathers together critical studies Of the Plcadc.
Malhor1c Racine. II Fonta.ue, Chenicr. Mussct,
Hugo and Heredia.
podd. Mead {. Co have several now works Of
fiction in their aufuwc LIST. Mr.. George Barr
McCutchcon contributes a tale called The
Daughter Of Anderson Cow" Mrs. Florence
Morse Kingsley one called Those Quces
browns and Mrs Amelia + Barr Scottish
romance entitled The Heart Of Jossy Laurie
From Mr. Maurice Hewlett Will come The
STOPPING Lady" and from Mr.. H = VachcIl a
novel called Her Son"
9 =. I'utrau's Sons VIII publish in this cnun-
Try tho series Of books IN the historic Italian
states. and The Romano" OF History Series"
o. both % which w have already referred They
begin tho IrSt series this autumn with Milan:
TIL, House of tho Sfr-z1.' by G NJ. Ady. and
the second with Major Humes Elizabeth and
Philip. tho Whole story Of the Spanish Ar
r0ada" The Putrar1s also promise. under the
title # a Princess If Intrigue" N illustrated
monograph ~ II Noel Williams on the Duchess
g LouEucy.iIc.
The Baker & Taylor Company publishes a
work called Life Of JaUa1." by Mr.. MasuJi
NIayaka ,ys4ya- THIS gentleman. who is a natu-
rallied American. Is professor OF law at the
University Of Indiana
Henry Holt & CO viii publish Immediately
Professor +. W. Dow's Atlas Of European
History" II viii contain thirty-tEo double
page Coiorc5 maps and eighteen smaller maps,
plans etc. in black and white.
4 CANDID HOSTESS.
Lddy ShcHcy's Communication TO an UHIorcEl