The sun., 1908-01-31
BOOKs ANp AUrHORS.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Mrs. Gerald Paget is publiahinE a little
volume called -GoinR Through the Mill.
which is n0ither a novel nor a volume Of
essays, but borroWs a little from each form.
Il describes the experiences Of a lady OF
fashion who. tired OF the daily round oG
London life. attempts to lead an ideal life
OF her own design.
"A School for Mothers is an English
book which gives an account OF an expert
ment which has been started in Sc. Pancras
for the training Of mothers In the proper
care Of infants. Il is said TO contain much
valuable information which might bs OF
use to mothers in a much higher GLASS than
that for which the school is intended.
British Highways and Byways From a
Motor Car, by Thomas D. Murphy. is book
to be published soon which will be Of interest
Co those contemplating British tour. The
chronicle takes the tourist out Of the beaten
track into the country among the villages,
historic places and solitary ruins. The
majority Of these places are available to
those who do not travel by motor and may
be reached by rail, supplemented by a walk
or q drive.
Federal Usurpation," which is to be
published next week. is written by Frank
lin Pierce, a grandson OF President Pierce
The author reviews critically some OF the
new powers recently assumed by the Gov
ernment.
-Four Plays for Children" by John Jay
Chapman. will be published next month.
The plays are written in blank verse and
arranged to be acted by young children.
The settings are simple. the thought po-
etical and direct. Two OF them. in fact,
have already been acted with success.
W. T. Hornaday, director Of the New York
Geological Park, wrote recently to Dan
Beard that -it is only the men who don't
know animals who think they don't reason"
Speaking Of Mr.. Boards new Animal
Book. which Mr.. Hornaday had just read,
he writes: Your view OF the mentality
OF animals and the queer human animals
who think the four footed fellows don't
think and don't reason suits me to a T.
like the book because It is so much like
you. so unlike all other animal books
Miss Mary ColeridRe will doubtless be
remembered as a novelist and as the author
in particular Of The hing with Two Faces"
little book OF her poems has appeared in
which Mr.. Newbold the editor, says: Miss
Coleridge's printed verse was always either
anonymous or signed with a pseudonym.
Probably several reasons or feelings
prompted this concealment. the one by
which my own arguments were always met
was the fear Of furnishing a name which
an ancestor had made illustrious in English
poetry. She would close the discussion
with a gay and characteristic inconsistency
Never. as long as / livel When / am
dead you may do as you hke' Now thaC
death has so soon taken her at her word
J cannot help thinking myself justified in
acting on that permission. however lightly
given. and believe that no poenls are less
likely than those 10 jar upon lovers OF
(hristabep and The Ancient Mariner"
a Princess Of Intrigue: Madame de
Longueville and Her Times" by Noel WILL
Jams. who has given so many volumes
relating to the women Of France, will be
published soon. The book follows the
eventful career OF the beautiful and ac-
complished daughter Of Henri dc Bourbon,
Prince de COnde and sister OF the great
Conde. The period-the last years OF
Louis Kills reign and the early part Of
that Of the Grande Monarche-is one which
is always fascinating. although much has
been written concerning it. Mazarin, the
great Conde. Cardinal de Retz. the Duo
de la ROchefouoauld. Turenne, the Duchesse
de Chatillon and De Montbazon and the
intriging Nine. de Chevieux all play part
in the story, The account OF Nine. dc
Longueville's early years. her responsibility
for the fatal duel detween Maurice de CO.
ligny and the Due de Guise. her passionate
attachment to La Rochefoucauld. her ad-
venturOus career during the wars Of the
Fronde. with the soupcon OF scandal which
adds spice to French memoirs in general,
will appeal to the interest Of readers as well
as students.