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terest of American history thus to tell
the story. He has written with reliable
materials at hand to refresh his memory.
such as his own carefully kept diary of
the journey and also the manuscript diary
of Prof. Thompson and a copy of the
diary Of John F. Steward Mr. Dellen-
baugh was artist and assistant topogra-
pher of the expedition and the illustra-
tons are both from his own drawings
and from photographs taken by him.
Some of the illustrations are colored with
those marvellous tones that make the
canyon of the Colorado one of the beauty
spots of the world.
STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN RACE
PROBLEM. BY Alfred Holt Stone.
Introduction and Three Papers by
Walter F. Wilcox. New York
Doubleday, Page & Co.
The author believes that in order that
the American people may successfully
grapple with the race problem as it is
presented to them they must study the
question from its origin and acquaint them
selves with the basic conditions which
have caused the present day situation in
the south. He hopes by means of his
work to remove the stumbling blocks
from the way leading to mutual respect
and esteem between sections of the coun-
try. He treats successfully of race
problem contrasts and parallels and the
foundations of the differences between
the sections, upon the negro in the YaZoo-
Mississippi delta. upon significant plan
tation experiment in the south inspired
by desire to assist the negro to a solu-
ton OF his own problems, the economic
future of the negro, race friction. Mr..
Roosevelt and the negro, the negro in
politics, the mulatto factor. negro crimi-
nality, census statistics and the probable
increase Of the negro population. AS an
exposition of the problem from an intel
ligent southern point of view this is one
of the most interesting contributions to
the literature of this most vitality inn
pOrtant subject.
HERCULANEUM; Past. Present and
Future. By Charles Waldstein. Lit.
D., Ph.D., Lid, Slade professor of
of Kings College, Cambridge. and
Leonard Shoobridge, MA. (Ba!liol
Coll, Oxford). With Appendi scs.
illustrated. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company. Washington: Brcn-
tano's.
Prof. WaldStein has been endeaVOring to
interest the governments of the world in
his project of retaining Herculaneum
from the ashes under which it has been
buried for centuries and now he presents
volume which gives in effective form a
summary of his discoveries in the course
of his excavations. He gives in his in
PRODUCTION effective reasons for consider
ing Herculaneum of unique Importance to
the archeologist. He next discusses the
past. including the history of Hercula-
itc NH nd n.
tons leading up to the earthquake of Is
AID. and the eruption of 70 AID, and
finally treats of the history of the site
since the eruption. In part two of the
work are chapters on reform in the meth
DDS of excavation, giving the reader
vivid impression of the difficulties which
confront the archeologist. In a valuable
series of appendices Prof. Waldstein gives
list OF documents relating to the inter-
national scheme of excavation and unfor-
tunate controversies that it aroused, also
passages from the ancient authors re-
lating to Herculaneum. with TRANSACTIONS;
list of principal objects which have been
identified as coming from Herculaneum.
and guide to the Villa Suburbana. with
plan and a photography of Hercula-
neum. The illustrations are numerous and
are i'm the main reproductions of antiques
which have been recovered from the ruins.
The volume is Of exceptional interest to
psychologists and students of ancient art.
OLD WORLD TRAVEL SERIES-ALONG
THE RIVIERAS OF FRANCE AND
ITALY. Written and illustrated by
Gordon Home. New York: The Mac
milan Company Washington: Brc..-
tanO'S.
A new series is projected by the Mac
milan Company dealing with travel In
the old world and beginning with theme
devoted to the Rivieras of France and
Italy. The standard established in this
first work is so high that If it is main
tanned the series will be one of the most
notable enterprises in this line ever I'M
dertaken. The book is artistic in every
detail and is entertaining in its contents
as well. There are twenty-five illustra-
tons in color and twenty-five in black
and-white, accompanied by an informal
account of ramble by the author-illus-
traitor. The style is informal and init
mate and the reader is given a vivid i'm
preston of that picturesque part of Eu-
rope even without the aiG of the artistic
plates. Every one who has been to south
ern Europe will be attracted by this work
and it is calculated to induce travel by
thousands of others.
IDEALS OF THE REPUBLIC. By James
Schouler, LID, author of History
of the United States" Boston: Lit
tie, Brown & Co.
DR.. Schouler, after his exhaustive stud
les in the history of this country, has as
sembled in this volume a series of essays
on the ideals of this nation. Yet the work
is more than series of papers, for it
works to definite conclusion. 1t is as a