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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-11-05

Think CT the headaches Wednes.
day.
Bryan's majority in the First Dist.
riot is l0,27s
II looks like the /. c. R. R. won
In the First District.
Fulton county gave Ollie James,
for congressman, 1909.
In our opinion, we have seen the
Democratic party's finish.
The Courier aid its best to give
all the boys a square deal.
J. 7. Stephens, our popular post
master, is quietly enjoying the re-
suit of the election.
Judge Naylor says Fulton county
must have better roads. That's
mighty good doctrine
eff Taft is elected. we'll have
good tines" said the Republican
orators Alright show u.s.
Now that its over, Judge Remley
says hurrah for Naylor. He takes
his defeat gracefully, and will sup
port the nominee.
The Solid South is still unbroken
even though the Republican or
cans have claimed a half-dozen of
them for two months past.
Rev. J. w, Waters. pastor of the
Methodist Church. will start to Con-
ference next Tuesday with a full re-
port on every department of church
work. Bro. Waters has had a most
successful year al this place. and
has made many friends both in and
outside his church. If the Bishop
should decide to return him to this
field for another year. 1t will certain
ly meet with the hearty approval of
all of our people here.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-11-05
Pass the crow.
Fair and cooler.

Pass the crow.
Fair and cooler.
Gov. Wilson is wearing a long
face.
Fulton county gave Bryan 1911
majority.
Gov. Folk, of Missouri, was de.
feated for U. S. Senator.
Somewhere the birds are singing,
but IL seems a durn long way off.
Fulton furnishes a new county Of
fcial-Assessor Beadles. Beadles
is alright.
d. Ovens. local manager of the
Cumberland telephone. deserve
much credit for the way he handled
the county returns Tuesday night.
Somebody at Fulton, late Monday
evening. sprung the old gag about
Roper not running subject to the
primary. although he announced in
all the papers that he was subject to
the primary, and authorized them to
say he would not run independent If
he failed to get the nomination. 1t
was a measley trick. who ever re-
sorted TO II.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-11-05

Carter Sudberry died at his home
in the bottom. Monday. and his re-
mains we're brought here to the home
of his brother, Will Sudberry. in
East Hickman. Interments we're
had Tuesday morning at ten o'clock
and services at the City Cemetery
by the Woodmen, of which he was a
member. He was we'll known all
over the bottoms, and had many
friends here. He had been sick on
ly a short time. He was a single
man and highly respected.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
Literary NesOs and Criticism.

Ihe dead statesman the cherished floral gift con-
Heoeeo with her unforgotteH husband.
In an interesting chapter devoted TO Mr.
chamberlain the author declares that the mans
meteoric success was due to sheer ability backed
ey oauntless courage. That of which Mr. Bal
four is the hero is full of telling characterize
ton. In that dealing with the curious career
OF Lord Randolph Churchill we find this de-
scription OF the fashion in which that clever
young man would often draw Gladstone" to
the delight Of the Fourth Party:
COMMITTEES, wherein member may speak as often
as, ss human patience will endure their favorite
LEU ea Ior TINS sport Lord Randolph would lead
lengthy reply When the e5ier s se
1tlluIn1aono Wolff rose, and with profuse dcclars-
other point; Up got the Premier, brimming with
energy and another speech. In this the subtle
Old not doubt arose from misrepresentation Of wlla t
ms honorable friend the member for Christchurch
hour or more Gladstone intentIy listening, whilst
his colleagues on the Treasury Bench. conscious
of the snare, tossed about in despair The tempta-
tton 10 instruct three guileess young evident
in their recognition of age and experience was
too much for the Premier, who eagerly sprang TO
Thus did Lord Randoph's strategy. excelling the
poeLs nedstead, contrlVe q tfenle oeoI 70 pay. ~
authority OF the Premier, and It kept the Fourth
Party well to the front
The lighter aspects of Parliament Mr.. Lucy
treats in a highly amusing fashion. He con-
tributes TO the list of bulls cherished bv man
kind several ones heard told at West
minister. As unconscious a may be found
is that offered by Unionist candidate who en-
deavored to give particulars when asked what
religion he professed My great-grandfather.
he said, was baptized in the Church of Eng
land. married in the Church Of England, and
buried in Church of England graveyard. And
so was l."
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

ting paper. It is a neat little plot that Mr. Sen
has fabricated. and II ie neatly developed.
Mr.. henrys terse stories Of city life have q
mechanical air. but II is easy to go reading
them until one has possessed himself Of the en-
tire long list. The author has tremendous
spright,.ness Something like vein of cynicism
crops out now and then in his tales, but at bot
tom he has q very friendly. humane spirit. and
writes about his odd types with winning sym
pathy. At one moment he seems to be trusting
altogether 10 hi. inventiveness and to be throw
ing human nature probability, 10 the winds.
Then his story piece Of pure observa-
ton, of human nature studied with penetration
and almost affectionate solicitude for truth
They are slight, trif1ing sketches, these
brisk siangy, humorous odds and ends and only
at rare intervals they wholly convincing. but
there is not one in the book that has not its 1T
tie spark of vitality
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
FICTION.

THE STATUE. Story of International Intrigue and
Mystery BY Eden Phillpotts and Arnold Bennett
Illustrated by T. x. Hanna limo. $40. Cforat
Reviewed in another column
THE MAN WITHOUT A HEAD BY Tyler De sai1.
illustrated by NJ. Leone BracHer. 12mo. pp. S52.
(.ioffat Yard & Coz
THOU FOOL. BY J. J Bell 12no pp s74 CThe
Baker & Taylor Company
THE REALM OF LIGHT. BY Frank Hatfield limo
43o Boston: Reid Publishing Company
BY LAW OF MIGHT; OR. THE CAMPAIGN IN sun
ton RidseIy. 12mo. PIP. 39S (I. a. Simmons & CO..
GUY HUNTER. A Novel BY William Weldon stark.
l2Ino 30. (COchrane Publishing Company
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DONNA ISABEL A
Romance Of the Sea By Randall Parrish Illus
trated in fun color by Allen T True Emo pp 36T
WEEPING CROSS. An Unworldly Story. By Henry
Longan Stuart 12mo. pp. 4sI Doubleday. Page
& Coz
THE BLoTTING BOOK by E F. Benson. limo pp
255. Doubleday, Page il Coz
Reviewed in another column
Richmond. illustrated by Maud Thurston and Charles
NJ Reyea. 12nso. pp $40. doubleday, Page s. Co.
RAW GOLD. Novel BY Bertrand ". Sinclair. Il
lustrations by Clarence H Rowe 12nlo, PIP. ali (G
W. Dillingham; Company
WYOMING. A Story the Outdoor West. BY William
I2mo pp. 353 &C. W. Dillingham; Company
THE TIME THE PLACE AND THE GIRL. From the
Play OF VIII NJ Hough and Frank r Adams. By
John w Harding Illustrations by Gordon Grant
12no pp. 1876 C ". Dillingham; Company
THE GREEN MUMMY BY Fergus Hume. 12no pp
90. ". Dillingham; Company
THE wARRENs OF VIRGINIA. a Novel. BY Georg.
De Mile. Illustrations from in the play
l2mo. PIT s44. &C. ". Dillingham; Company
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
FAvoRs ANGLICAN UNITY WITH ROME
Lord Halifax Expresses His Views in Letters
to Wisconsin Churehman-
~ r-,.rrzun to e Trfhuns.I

,ruu.ut.-e Aug 2I-The Rev. 2. a Fair
ban,<z pastor OF St Patrick's Church and con-
sultor OF the Milwaukee ARCHDIOCESE, has re-
cetved a letter from Lord Halifax. president or
the English Church Union. that raTors onsren
union Both favor reunion through Rome and
bo1d E,oroe as the centre OF Christian unity The
letter from Lord Halifax, which was printed IN q
recent issue Of 'The Living Church" in part 10
as follows:
The difficulties in the way OF reunion srs
enormous. and from human point or view al
rnost tusIrrnOuutabIs. OF course there Is no res.
difficulty as TO questions OF discipline 11e pom :
is can such explanations be given OF ensp0leU
matters of doctrine may make re1nloa pos
sibIe without either side being asked 20 assem-
tauRht? II seems such explanations arn
possible and that many or our ol1erenNes AEs
really due TO misUnderstandtngS
The letter is published in reply TO ths stAee--
rnents Of leading local Episcopalians that Tiers
is no organized movement In tbs Anglican
Church for union with Roma
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART,

THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF ENGLAND
DURING THE TUDOR PERIOD. BY Thomas Gar
ner and Arthur Stratton. In three parts. Folio
Part I. Do. tx. So. Imported By Charles scrfoneTs
Sons)
drawings produced large scale and Mus
trating many of characteristic monuments
of Tudor architecture The authors supply 8 brief
Introductory essay ample descriptive text for each
building figured.
DRAWINGS BIZ REMBRANDT. With Introduction
by Bell Quarto. pp- xvi. 80 Imported by
Scrbner's Sons)
collection of full page reproductions In halftone
latest volume in the series OF Drawings OF the
Great Masters in which Durer Holbsin Leonardo
and others have already appeared.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES.

7-h,,-.s,,, s,,snings respectively. MONDAY raj
les also attracted large crowds to Canal and Mac
dousaI streets Tuesday and 20 1ot1n
T-b1rs4av Next week noon rallies are sppoln-so
for 14sth street and Seventh avenue On
and for s7th street and First avenue on FIlo@s-
The Rev. DIT. James NJ Gray. dean OF the Moody
Training School. Chicago and one OF ~
greatest Bible teachers, viii conduct biOi1 OoAi
vention and evangeIistic campaign in Tent EE1n-
,sI 5Ttb street and Broadway, beginning Sun
dav August e at and D. and Closing %
August a. service nightly at p m
4 new headquarters building for the Bspcss
Church has just been opened In Phtladeipnia- AK
~ - rhas+nut streets u is known a the
Roger Williams Building. and IS the Rome o1 PIC
ticaIIy all the Baptist interests oenrrlns II rn-
deInhfa II is the national headquarters nor sns
Baptist Publication Society The upper Doors CON-
tain the Offices Of number OF state and Local M
sionarv agencies as well ths local or-icss q
some Of the societies which have nsSionAi ns~o-
quarters in New York and Boston 1ns oo1nInx =
a seven story on. and it's cost. including mo sN~s
was s4Oo oao On one OF the floors Ia an Arrras-.Vs
hail in which denomnational meetinss ma D hsa0-
In the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to-
morrow the Rev. Dr. Hugh Black proressoS n
Trnton Theological Seminary. and for-,e-sJ ssso-
ot.+a nsstor OF Free St Georges Cnu<cn- Ec1n-
burpb VIII preach both morning and ar-s1noen-
Services begin at II a. and p m
r,r,rnorz Of probabIe church union have for soma
$50 bsa- heard from South africa. vhsre II Ia
.aid that four s-Consresat1ora-
Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptsr-a-e naxina
efforts II come together Inedtats
OF union plans looked for. as several yeArs
more must be occupied with discussions and COM
rottsa meetings before definite action can b> ts<es
II is said that there Is entertained httls douDt aa
IN the ultimate union OF CongregsdonalEsrs- Prss-
bzts-sps and MethOdfsts. but doubts are szpresses
as to whether the Bapttsts viii long commune N
e. ,.,o+isrions II IS said that in SoUxh Africa
N. doctrine which viii probably keep the Ba2tisrs
out - that which permits the baptism OF tranrs
IN +ta three other bodies Other differences ~ninns
have appeared are said 10 be trivial oesids this
one Fe+vaen the three other denominations no
.,s..scss worthy Of the name have arisen. and ie
+La Fsan+ts+s withdraw from negotiations rhs
o+bs-s II Is said. win quickly come tosether-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
BIOGRAPHY.

Mr. GLADSTONE AT OXFORD 1890 By C r L. F.
With illustrations. 1Auo Y. 103. (E. P. Dutton
Col.
A sheaf of amateur Boswellaas, preserving inter
esting fragments Of Gladstones talk Impressions
of his personality
COURTS AND CAMPS OF THE ITALIAN RENAIs-
SANCE Being Mirror Of the Life and Times OF
the Ideal Gentleman Count Badassare CasttgIione.
Derived Largely from His Own Letters and Other
Contemporary Sources. Which IS Added an
Epitoms OF His Famous Work The Book the
Courttsr.' With Apprcciatiors and Annotat1ons BY
Christopher Hare. Illustrated Octave. Dos.
Charles Scribners
portrait, drawn with much pcturesqueness Of
OF the attractive types IN italian social
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

On Tuesday evening OF week a rally Of
Christian Endeavor societies. Epworth leagues and
other young peoples examinations OF various de-
nominations will be held in the gospel tent of the
E.vanreIistic Committee OF New York City at 6Tth
street and First avenue On Friday evening sim
liar rally will place in the tent at 164th street
and Boston Road. In each case the rally will be
preceded by open air services and parade TO the
tent During the last week such meetings were
hold in the tents at Canal and West streets and
at 146th street and Seventh avenue on Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
aEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY. AUGUST 1908.

tbs Standard Symphonies. oratorfos Cansata1 ~ ~
Symphonic the ConcnIteoer- os 90
I-rtou. PROF Illustrated. limo. pp XVI So-
(Chicago: A. c. McClurg & Col
THE RISE OF MUSIC Being Careful inquiry s ln.o ~.
DEVELOPMENT OF Art Its Primitive Fut<.--es
Forth In Egyps and Assyria Its Triumphant So-s
summation In Eject By Joseph cooual1-
illustrations Of early instruments and nuless
musical examples drawn from ancient and naos-
ern sources Octave ID. xv. ses. Imported d
Charles Scribner's Sons.)
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

General Introduction r Bri-1isv Jonnso- N -
volumes. 12rno. pp- XXI I'd. 20 tD'"'7o . -
These volumes illustrated IN colors ~ MI =
editI0n o1 Set'7 -
ten to be completed IN ten Volumes
--rxrrry-r 7ttorrSAN-D WORDS OFTEN MfsF7O-
NOrTNCFT1 A Revised and Enlarged E1irion %
10000 Words OFTEN Mfspr0noUneeo Si-n q -
pleraent Of 1000 additional WORDS p
Henry P Phyfs- Isno- ID. -. - =
SonsJ
BERLIN AND MS ENvTRoNs Handooox Hs I9r -t-.s---
les Ev Kari Rasdsksr With SIX maps snd
plans. Third edition 16ufo. pp K 20 uHp' -
Charles Scribner's SOnsJ
rONrDON AND IT'S ErNVIRONS- Handbook for 49,
Karl Bseds<er VIZ niI.s ,szs = 4IxTf
pla revised ef.tron lsI-l' -.
s52 Imported By Charles Scrionsrs SO"S@
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

The Rev Charles P. MacGregor will preach in
the Calvary Baptist Church at II and tomorrow
His subjects Will be. morning, The Lord, our
Burden Bearer" and evening, "A Profitable In
vestrnent" Mr.. MacGregor will start on his vsoa-
ton Monday.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

Considerable historic interest. 1t Is reported
VIII be found in the correspondence Oh Georee
Canning which is soon TO appear. Many OF the
letters were addressed TO an intimate friend
then British Ambassador at St Petersburg ana
this friend
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
GENERAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK.

morning at $50 the Rev. c. S Wood will speak On
Two Brothers" His topic at II o'clock viii be
THE Certain Faith and at p. m The Spirit
OF Aaron" There will be Holy Communion at I:3e
T. m and at
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
RATURE,

THE SOURCES AND ANALoGC-Es OF "a NIDsUM-
MER NIGHTS DREAM Compiled BY Frank Sidx-
wick. fThe Shakespeare Library. General Editor.
Professor 7. ColIancz. 1emo, 1876. tDuffed
Coz
THE BAREEs' BOOK: MEDIEVAL MANNERS FOR
THE YOUNG into Modern English from DR.
FurnivaIrs by Edith RcAert. i2mo. Pp. Xxx.
203. (Dufield 4 CoD
THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY FTNA, VIRGIN OF
SANTO GIMIGNANO. Now nrst translated from
the Treceno Italian os Giovanni di Coppo; with
Introduction and Notes, by NJ Mansfield 12mo,
pp XIV tDufield a Coz
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
REPRINTS.

THE BOOK HUNTER BY John Hill Burton. Edited
by J. Herbert Slater Octave. pp- viii. 259. (E P
Dutton & Col
weil-stone Introduction and Notes by r W Clarke.
M A. CIhe Old-Spelfng Shakespeare Being tbs
Works OF Shakespeare In the spelling OF the oess
quarto folio r j..
ud he late " q F2osveT-StonsS Octave Wv
7s. CDufied & Coz
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. By Jsns Aust.4. With
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
TRAVEL

F.r-. Its Former and CIviIzzon ttisssTy Sc
F-xfstfrx Conditions. TOpOgraphE ara S1s1lsr
sources Commerce and General
Teavfrafa Fnoc<. f c. s. Win an
- Martin Hume WITH a1e seven---aS
irStrafionz svo. pp- xxi. 30 Ch@res 70-A'
Sons) A
THE ALPS N NATURE AssD E1I5TOs1. O.s,s-ss,rs an1
T5ocL5wa NJ A. With maps.
siauraTS svo ID. 40. fE p D1tion q -
-rr- (-tTaRw OF TIE ENGLISH VILLAGE 81 :. -.
Ar1HI n Illustrated hy sydney x Soor~
~ -, 167 fImported b. Charles ScrinneF ooIisL
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

Some letters from the hand Of Charlotte
Bronte will be brought to light in forthcon-
ing volume entitled Memorials Of Two Sis
ters-susanna and Catherine Winkworth-" Va
rious other literary people Of Victorian days
will be represented bv letters therein.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
HISTORY.

GRANTS CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA 1854 Crh- Wilder
Campaign.l BY Captain Vaughan
Indian Army. with maps and plans. 12mo. pp- 1877
CThe Macmillan Company
Series
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

Dr. Madison c. Peters's subject tomorrow az Il
o'clock at AIhambra Roof Garden in Seventh ave
nue. near 125th street VIII be. Race Riots-Are
Tjbartv Fraternity and Equality Falsehoods IN
America? -
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

OF Tufts College, and soon 70 Be issued- VIII give
a selection from the writings Of washington
and later collections will represent Jenerson'
Franklin, Hamilton, and. perhaps, others
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
POETRY.

/ THE DEATH OF GRACIOUS. A Tragedy BY Edwin
sautsr 16rno. 10 (St- Louis Privately Prnssd-,
| ARIADNE DIAINOMENE- Tragedy. And OtnsT
! Poems. BY T. ". Sutton Pickhardt- 1Sr1o. p2 1t5
| C,ondon: Eikin Matthswsl
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

has been translated into English. and viii soon
be published. The book, It is said, VIII give
vivid picture of the composers personality and
of musical circles in the great European cities
The interesting papers on house planning ana
decoration which Miss Lille Hamilton French
has been contributing to "Putnam's Monthly
are to be brought out in book form this season.
under the title of "The House Dignifed Tney
will be, of course. Iavishly illustrated
Among the innumerable books on gardening
sent forth by the publishers in the last three
or four wears. there are few which mention
the gardens of Scotland. Very beautiful some
of those gardens are. How rich is the colorins
of Scottish flowers those Americans who have
raised plants from Scottish seeds do not need
to be told They will be glad, no doubt, TO see
Sir Herbert Maxwelrs promised book on Scot
tish Gardens book which ought TO be valu-
able for more than one reason, as Sir Herbert
is an expert gardener as well an accom-
plished writer.
The custodian of an English lending library
has made a collection Of the odd things used
as boolzrnarks and left within the pages of the
books returned These include cookery recipe,
a hairpin several feathers. wooden match, a
fiattened cigarette, several letters, sheaf Of
and tract The latter he found in the last
chapter OF detective story.
Perhaps It ought rot to be said Of any book
that no copy Of Il is IN existence Mr.. Angus
tine Birreu in his volume Of essays, In the
Name of the Bodleian," writes: "As an in
veterate book hunter confess to great fancy
to Law hands on Dorando: A Spanish Tale a
shilling book published in Edinburgh during the
progress Of the once famous Douglas case. and
ordered to be suppressed as contempt OF court
when II had been through three editions IL
is said perhaps hastily, that copy Is known
to exist. 1 do not despair of reading
Dorando' before die" Leask. In his Life OF
James Boswell" says: NO copy Of this forlorn
book has ever been found, though doubtless II
turks in some library where it's want Of the
writer's name upon the title page may have
kept It from making its reappearsnce." AT last
a copy has turned UP. Bound into volume
with other pamphlets it Hes in the library of
the University Of Edinburg, and a transcript
Of II has been sent 70 Mr. Birrell.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

A large part Of the correspondence OF BRAHMS
has been translated into English. and viii soon
be published The book, It is said, will give
vivid picture of the composers personality and
of musical circles in the great European cities.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE FUTURE LIFE AND MODERN DIFFICULTIES
Ry f. Kempson. 12mo. XXX 3TS. (E. T.
& Coz
ISM By Iudson d Burns, NJ D. i@rno, DIP. 534.
(Cochrans Publishing Company
LAND CRUISING AND PROSPECTING book OF
valuable information for hunters trappers land cruis
erS prospectors OF the trail: tells how
locate one self on the map. b. A 2. Wallace
i6lno pp I75. (Counbus Ohio: A. r. Harding
Publishing Company
HAWAIIAN IDYLS or LOVE AND DEATH. BY the
Rev Herbert r. Gowen F. r. G.. s. iemo. Do.
f0p fCachrane publishing Company
MUSIC
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

Mr.. Herman Knickerbooker Viele. whose two
novels "The Inn of the Silver Moon" and "The
Last of the Knfcl<erbockers," are pleasantly re-
nembered, has another book coming out. Duff
field & Co will publish it early next month un-
der +he title of "Heartbreak Hill"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

Mrs Edith Whartons papers of travel which
have been appearing in 1.-THE Atlantic, are 10
be brought together in a book and published by
Charles Scrfbners Sons They will bear the
+itlo oe "a Motor Flight Through France"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
JUVENILE.

FAIRY TALES FROM FOLKLORE. BY Herschel will
Illustrated by n H Squire. 12mo. 2sS
Oiofrst. Yard & Coz
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

Readers who have only a bowling acquaint-
apce with current French fiction and would
like = little guidance toward greater familiarity
with the subject. will find just what they want
in book published by the John Lane Com
many This written by Miss Winifred Ste
nhens and issued under the title Of French
NoveIists of To-day" contains sprightiy ana
discerning chapters on Anatole France, Marcel
Provost Pierre de Coulevain, Paul Bourget,
Maurice Bares Rene Bazin. Edouard Rod and
Pierre Lott If the author is inclined TO be
trife too warmly appreciative that Is surely an
arniable weakness It would hardly have been
worth while 70 write the book for the purpose
of disparaging the eight clever men dealt with
Miss Stephens is not uncrtical, either but
gives in the main very well adjusted portraits
of her noveIists She adds too. some useful
bibliographies II is a sericeable little book
made the more attractive by its paper, press
work and binding
Little Brown & Co. of Boston announce a
new novel by Anne Warner French, author of
"The Reiuvenation OF Aunt Mary, 1t will be
called "An Original Gentleman
mental series OF letters and state papers by the
fathers OF the Republic which has proved
solid boon to students of American history.
These volumes are not, however. accessible TO
every purse and SO it is good news to hear that
less expensive series is presently TO be launched
hy the same publishers under the general title
Of Writings of American Statesmen" The first
volume, edited by Professor Lawrence &. Evans.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

What ought to prove q very interesting bioe-
raphy is to come from the press of the Scrib-
ners this autumn. Robert E. Lee: The South
erner The author is Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Page, who may be trusted to portray the famous
leader With affectionate sympathy. He has
based his work on public records and on the
testimony of personal witnesses
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

De Libris" is the title of Mr.. Austin Dob
sons new book, soon to be issued by the Mac
milan Company It is collection of essays o,
literary subjects
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

The interesting papers house planning and
decoration which Miss Lille Hamilton French
has been contributing to "Putnam's Monthly
are to be brought out in book form this season.
under the title of "The House Dignifed Tney
will be- of course Iavishly illustrated.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-22

To the useful series of Literary Histories
published in this country by the Scribners there
is soon to be added "a Literary History of Rus
sia." The author is Professor Bruckner. OF
Berlin.