The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

Public Library during the past week is
as follows: In nonfiction. Ftetcher's a
B c OF Our Nutrition and the Rem
iniscences OF Carl SchUrz;' in fiction,
Glasgow's Ancient Law and 'LOcke's
Morals OF Marcus Ordeyne;" in Juvenile
books. Alcott's Little Women" and
Grimms Household Tales" On the 1US-
ject Of indexing, CIarke's Manual OF
Practical Indexing' and Wheatley's How
TO Make an Index" were in considerable
demand. while New Testament Church.
manship," calling Of the Christian" and
"Creedless Gospel and the Gospel Greed. e"
by Bishop satterlee. were asked for many
times.
Perhaps the many young friends that
Mrs Carroll Watson Rankin has made
through her 'Dandeiion Cottage" would
be nervous il they knew that out in Mar
auette. Mich. where she lives. the snow
is twelve feet in the streets. so that the
snow-plow horses cannot get through.
But Mrs. Rankin's fortitude under these
circumstances reminds one Of Mr.. Kip
ling's limerick:
There was young man Of Quebec
Was stuck in the snow 10 his neck;
When they raid Are Jon friz.'
He said Yes is:
But we don't uiuk this cold in Quebec"
The Twentieth Century American" by
H. Percy Robinson. which will be pub
Hshed in either April or May by C. p.
Putnam's Sons. is a book Of criticisms OF
this country by an Englishman. in which
American science art. education. and
journalism are favorably ccntrasted with
what England has TO offer in these de-
partments Of learning. while it is said Of
humor that, "in the average OF educated
Englishmen IL is keener. subtler. and emf
nently more catholic than Il is in men OF
the corresponding class in America"
Some time this month Paul Elder & CO.
will publish a volume by Mrs. James
Brown Potter on the Secrets Of Beauty
and Mysteries OF Health" To be beau
tiful one must De healthy" IS one Of Mrs.
Potter's secrets" and her book. so the
reader is Informed on the title page, is
made up Of practical suggestions for the
right care Of the person. together with a
collection OF valuable recipes"
Charles f. RusselFs Thomas Chatter
tom is published this week by Mofat.
Yard & Co. The book contains quite a
new theory IN regard TO the famous for
geries with which the youthful poets
name was connected. A novel by a new
author. John Trevena, Is also published.
entitled "Furze the Cruel" OF this book.
which belongs 20 the Ha dy type Of fc-
ton the LONDON Academy says 1T Is
undoubtedly great book-almost a mas
terpiece"
"Old Kentucky" by DR.. J ?. Cook.
with papers by Theodore Roosevelt. the
Hon. Champ Clark. and Col. Reuben T.
Dutrett. is a volume giving the history Of
the Blue Grass State from its earliest set
tlement 20 the present day. which will be
issued this month by the Neale Publish
ing Company.
Seven poems by Francis Thompson
make up the contents OF the March num-
ber Of the Bibelot. and TO them M
Mosher prefxes brief biographical and
critical appreciation Of a poet who did
not live in vain. 1T Is inevitable. per
haps." he says. that a diversity OF opin-
ion viii remain when all is said fairly
and freely-a perversity. rather. as some
Of Thompson's friends may urge-con-
cerning a songsmith OF such unique eu-
dOwments. But poetry. II Il IS great. is
not to be wrapped UP in the cerements OF
any religion. Jewish or Gentle; 10 de
liver its message TO mankind IL must
come in its own divine right-naked and
all y Sc fFsr.r,,
that Thompson possessed the cosnlic
vision. II he did. all We can say is that
the cosmos revealed itself 10 him as
through a glass darkly. One must per-
force ask. VIII verse Of this esOteric
aloOfness ever become widely known and
accepted OF men,? In view OF the con-
tumely which Ofttimes COnfTOntS those
who have fallen upon the evil DAYS Of
popularity We do not know that his ad-
mirers would even wish il. He was one
OF the worlds wastrels. but the general
mist of error which wrought such havoc
in his life is al an end"
Rev. Stopford A Brooke has just COM
pleted a volume Of essays upon Matthew
Arnold. Rossetti. Morris. and Arthur
Hugh Clough. 1t viii be entitled -Four
Victorian Poets" and viii appear shortly
from G. p. Putnam's Sons. continuing the
course entered upon BY Dr. Brooke in his
studies Of Poetry" in which he studies
the work Of Blake. Scott. Shelley and
Keats.
The Canterbury Puzzles. and Other
Curious Problems is the title of a book
by Henry Ernest Dudeney. which will be
published by f. 2. DuttOn & Co this
month. The book is well filed with illus
tratiOns by the author, Paul Hardy, and
others. and contains an interesting as
we'll as accurate account OF the famous
games and puzzles of ancient and modern
times. Mr.. Dudeney the author. is the
husband Of the well-known novelist OF
that name.
TWO books which are published this
week by Longmans. Green & Co. are a
work on "Thermochemistry, by julius
Thomson, OF the University of Copen-
hagen. and the second volume Of Lord
Brassey's Work and Wages" This sec
ond volume has for its title Wages and
Employment" and is by Sydney ]. Chap
man. NJ A, with an introduction by Lord
Brassey A uniform and complete edition
in four volumes of Sir George Otto Tre-
velyan's The American Revolution,
heretofore published in separate parts, is
also issued this week
Mr. Hilaire BellOc has ideas on every
subject under heaven. and is an ihex-
haustible fount of information. comment.
revelation. and prophecy. He has written
so much on so many topics that he is
now forced to the issue a book entitled
"On Nothing and Kindred Subjects" "
Here is a topic which even Mr.. Hilaire
Belloc VIII hardly be able TO exhaust.