The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

ana aromatic.
A brief appreciation Of Abraham Lin
coin by Robert G. Ingersoll. first copy,
righted in 1894, is now issued in a small
volume Of about one hundred pages by
John Lane Company 1t exhibits th5
famous orators vigorous, direct, and
forcible style at its best, and It offers ir
brief compass an exposition of Lincoln
the man Of thought and Lincoln the mar
Of action.
Lincoln was not a type, We are told. HI
stands alone-no ancestors. no fellows, and no sue
eess0rs. He had the advantage Of living in a new
country, Of social equality Of personal freedom. o
seeing IN the horizon Of his future the perletuG
star Of hope. he preserved bis individuality and hi
self-Iespeet. He knew and he mingled with meT
Of every kind and. after all. men are the bes
books. he became acquainted With the ambitions
and hopes Of the heart, the means used to accom-
plish ends. the springs Of action and the seeds Of
thought He vas familiar With nature, with actua
things, With common facts"
The amount Of thought and care ex-
pended in the production of holiday edi'
tions Of decorated books is known tc
comparatively few OF the people who en-
joy the results. The parchment paper fcT
the new edition of Henry Van Dykes
THE Other Wise Man" was prepared In
imitation OF old monastery scrolls. The
type was patterned from the letters found
in some fine old manuscripts OF the Ro-
man Vatican Library and the Lauren
tan Library In Florence. Those who
were to set the type were carefully tu-
tored in the pen drawing Of ancient let
ters, their illumination and design, as II
prevailed before the invention Of print
ing The young Italian, Enrico Monetti
who did the Illuminating. was brought
from the Florentine library TO this coun-
try for the work
In the Ghosts of PiccadilIy Mr. G. s
Street has written a brilliant book in
which the reader meets upon familiar
terms the statesmen. soldiers, dandles,
poets, roisterers, macaroHis, and beaux
whose spirits still haunt that famous
thoroughfare, In England Mr.. Street S
latest valume has met with a warm re-
ception, and the case is the same in
America. Here is a word from the
Athenaeum concerning It;
Piccadlly boasts trenendous past and a present
not yet inglcrious and both likely 60 exercise
their ancient glamour as. embslmed in Mr. Street
ubItuaT but stiil fresh and fragrant they open on
the curogs eyes Of future generations. Here is a
book STEPPED in urban tradition and urban charm.
The author loves his Piccadillv knowing is evsry
aspect and even incident of It's history and by
happy fortune his distinguished, rather severe
literary manner no less than his turn u mind j.
sympathetic 20 the genius u the rlace. "A pleas
ant sound. Picadilly, conveying 70 as the idea ci
sunny spring morning and what hghtuess and
gsyety there was IN English life and manners.
The hghtnsss and gaytty. not mtingcd with a Ger.
tain quiet pathos, are here
A clearly printed text, delicately colored
and cleverly imagined drawings by Hugh
Thomson. and an illustrative cover repre-
sentng the old weaver at his loom. give
especial holiday attractiveness TO a new
edition of "Silas Mariner" issued by
Macmillan. Mr. Thomson also supplies
sketches in black and white that further
reveal his knowledge Of any sympathy
with the story the volume forming one
Of a series, including Crawford. Henry
Esm0nd. Eyelina. and The Vicar of
Wakefield, of which he is the illustrator.
The novelist Henry James. said a pub
Usher. lives at Rye. England, but recently
he left Rye for a time and took a house
in the country near the estate OF a mil
lionaire jam manufactures, retired. This
man, having married an earls daughter
was ashamed OF the trade whereby he
had piled up his fortune The Jam manu-
facturer one day wrote Mr. James an
impudent letter, vowing that it was out
rageous the way the James servants were
trespassing on his grounds Mr.. James
10 hear that my servants have been
poaching on your preserves. p. Sex
cuse my mentioning your preserves.
The new edition list Of the Harper's pre-
sents some interesting names Mark
Twain is represented by "A Horses Tale
and Christian Science" Mrs. Phelps Ward
by Walled In." and Margaret Deland
by An Encore" Hamlin Garland
Money Magic" Herman Whitaker. The
Settler" VIII y. Harden. Nam
linda" Basil King. The Giants
Strength" and Nell Munro. "Bud"-are
other names TO be added II remains for
Gilbert Parker 10 complete the list with
yet two more editions of THE Weavers. "
A story is being told OF a woman who
met Gertrude Atherton at the recent re-
Ceptl0n I'm her honor Of the San Francisco
Spinners. and tried hard 10 say some
thing FIT" As the line was passing
along this woman whispered to her COM
pani0n, Oh do tell me the name OF the
book she wrote-sOmething or other about
family descent" but the other said she
couldn't recall il, either. Just as they
reached the author of Ancestors" the
woman apparently remembered. and her
face beamed. oh Mrs. Athertoni" she
said, as they shook hands. 81 can't tell
you how 1 loved your 'Forefathers"
It IS occasionally said that the way OF
the illustrator is hard along the road
whose goal is high art Among the
names 10 conjUre with on the opposite
side of the argument is that of Henry
Wolf, whose work as an engraver-he
has been called the last great American
wood engraver-has taken him to the
eminence of master workman and first
rank landscape artist. While the maya
zines, notably Harper's. gave Wolf his
first avenue 10 the public. they have
served not TO limit HIS field. but to widen
Such artists as Sargent, Constant, John
w. Alexander. and Cecilia Beaux have
offered Henry Wolf the most distinguish
ed praise, and his list of medals is a
long one. A specimen of his recent work
is hanging in the Metropolitan Museum,
the Marquand Vermeer pronounced a
marvellous accomplishment In making
black and white resemble the colorings
~ Ero1f fe H..
birth and was born in 1852. He came to
New York thirty-seven years ago,
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce that
The Top Of the Continent, by Fred
erick G. Cook. which was announced for
publication this fall, will be carried over
TO the spring and will be one OF the early
publications of the new year.
GHOSTS IN THE LIBRARY.