New-York tribune., 1908-02-15

and began to obey his orders. though somewhat
the squall upon the ship in full fury with
bare asts she rode II out in safety while vesse,s
to the bottom. The men. amazed and awest,5ck 1sds;
soon thanks for the narrowest escape OF their
lives.
There is an amusing story in this volume OF
two Of the many pets which the captain was
continually bringing home from foreign parts
A pig and rooster had become so warmly at
tached to him during voyage and after MS
return that the sound of his voice or his whistle
was sufficient to bring them TO his side one
morning he incautiously whiStled when setting
off to the city from their suburban abode ana
while making his way to the omnibus "A re"
minutes after the bus had started he looked
round and saw the pig and the rooster foiiow-
ing at full speed. People in the road attempted
to drive them back, but to purpose At last
the captain had to dismount. and, greatly TO
the amusement of the passengers. led back MS
dumb friends to their quarters, followed by an
interested and laughing crowd"
The first volume of the work entitled frees
and Shrubs: Illustrations of New or Little
known Ligneous Plants" edited by PROFESSOR
Charles Sprague Sargent, is an admiraple sup
plement to his "silva of North America II
contains one hundred plates, illustrating trees
and shrubs that have not been illustrated De-
fore and descriptions of two genera ana ror'S-
eight species before unknown to science. Among
these descriptions and illustrations are those OIL
a new crab apple brought by Professor Sargent
from, Janan which Is an important addition to
the beautif1,I Towering trees Of American ana
F11ropean gardens; of two new Manzanltas
from Californian of the only American specleS
of the Old World genus Drac@na q tree receh"S
discovered in Central America, and OF Two he"
snec,es of mines discovered in Mexico during the
last autumu Houghton, Miflin & Co. bring out
the work
The memoirs Of the Countess de Boigne are
completed in the third volume WHICH 'no o
ners Will shortly publish. The French woman 5
.,eve-ness was unfailins to her last page-ano
+ba same might perhaps be said Of her preJu-
dices.
An ert,c,e about the elder Browning. the
father Of the poet, which is to appear IN To'
MANS Monthly" will discuss that estiinaoio
Englisf,man in the aspect OF Versiner anu '
that of caricaturist.
Tvo new French books which Will appeal 70
students Of the eighteenth century are Froies9or
George GuibaTs lie Movement feoerails'e eA
Provence en- 1793." and NJ Louis Iue'eys Les
Officers sous rAncien Regime. Mobiles ct Ro-
turiers"
A novel with the suggestive title OF "Furze inc
C~rueI" has had some success In England as
etudv Of character-a success so evident tnat
an American edition is in prospect
Tho University of Chicago Press has just pup
usbed q volume of essays entitled Chapters IN
'prra, Progress" wherein the author. MT Ken
Won T. Butterfeld. president OF the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, deals briefly Win tie
more significant aspects Of the great, neVer-to-
heexhausted rural problem" MI Butterheio
aeecr,bes the rapid expansion OF farm lie IN
,.ta wears shows how a new type OF farmer IS
devaIon,ng. and points out the ideal toward
r,,iob oil workers for rural reforms must strive
He says:
The ideal Of rural betterment is TO preseTrSSe TSe
,non orr fs rms the typical American farmer e
tp tpoarican farmer has been essentially mloale
class 1t is this type we vieId returns in
wealth opportunity in contentttilehhc IN MA ~ +o ~
position, sufficient to attract and to noo Citizens iH
This is a result that Will not achleVe i.seI, 81
ciai agencies must be invoked for ITS accoHpiSh-
ment
Twelve Of the seventeen chapters in the read
.h,. ,,++Ia hook are concerned with as many I'M
nortsnt social agencies through which MT.
RuttarheId hopes to see the unique. lofty tradi-
+ions Of American country life maintained
through all the turmoil of changing economic
conditions Every farmer will find valuable sug-
eastions and inspiration in these chapters; 1or
the autbor within his subject, is both optimistic
and we'll informed