The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-08

and these give the impression of grea'
waste Of energy to accomplish little k''''
An ~aristocratic glamour hovers over
a cook book compiled by a Do~aser
Countess. The Dudley Recipe book'
by (ieorgiana, Countess OF puaiey
Edward Arnold; Longmans. Green anu
Company, contains many paia.ao'e
dishes. helped out with quotations IRON
many authors. The practical mouse,
keeper may be taken sback by the oarohia'
splendor of proportions for ONE oil theee.
For instance, the recipe for consomtne
begins: Take fourteen pounds shin OF
beef cut M into pieces four pounos
knuckle OF veal, one old hen. Place ms
in a stock pot" Yet a little comfho"
sense may adapt this to more tnooes'
limits. The Countess has often an AIRY
disregard for figures; her recipe LOT
orange ma rmalado is appetizing, put her
Quantities are rather indefinite Inc
recipes are interesting and will give sug-
gestions to experienced cooks.
The discussion Of the tarih bill is the
occasion for a republication OF a satlrical
skit against protection by President
David Starr Jordan of the Leland stan
ford, Jr.. University, The Fate OF leo
dorum" Henry Holt and Company. The
article is twenty-six years old and was
originally an attack on the Dingiey tariff,
al is explained in the notes now added.
II is just as applicable now. however Tor
it is directed against the whole theory OF
protection.
A thorough post-mortem dissection OF
poesy is made in An Introduction TO
Poetry" by Or. Raymond Macdonald
Alden Henry Holt and Company. 1t
is an admirably intelligent piece Of work,
showing full acquaintance with all the
literature OH the subject. and from the
authors statements of fact few will VEN
t,,re to express dissent. What the Use
of it is nevertheless We fail to see. 1t
ia the last book to put into the hands Of
one wishing TO learn to appreciate poetry;
it certainly ann help any one who feels
inspired to write poetry. 1T is a brilliant
example Of academic thresbing Of chaf
and will keep college classes busy in learn
ing everything about poetry save the
essentials. which cannot he taught
The author of New Italy" CLothrop.
lee and Shepard Company, Boston,, Mrs.
Augusta Hale Clifford, seems eminently
well qualified not to write history. II
takes something more than the careless
and uniptelligent reading OF popular
histories 10 tell in brief the history OF any
land. In this ease half the volume is
taken up with a summary of Italian
history before the French Revolution; in
the last half, to which the title properly
applies. the account of the n in
which Italy was united IL full OF plumbers.
The author apparently believes that
Sadowa and koniggratz we're two separate
BATTLES. She r,axes youn2 Francis 10
seph of Austria succeed his brother in
stead Of his uncle. she heaps ininuities
on the luc ,less ' rancis H.. Of Naples Of
which nobody ever accused him, appar-
emily mixing him up IN some way with his
father, King Bomba. The worst that was
said of Francis was that he was au i'm
beetle; his private life was pure enough
and he had little time to be a despot.
Little attempt has been made to digest
the history Of the ns~ Italy since union;
events, important and %unimportant, are
thrown in together and the reader is left
TO pick out what he can from them.
As a completion Of a pretty and con-
venient edition the Pocket Lexicon and
Concordance to the Temple Shakespeare
,Macnillans) has "A use. The size OF the
volume necessarily brings il about that
the lexicon is limited in the number of
words. but for those explained, references
are civ ELI. These references apparently
constitute the concordance A pocket
volume containing the chief Shakespeare
difficulties. however, is decidedly on
venient. ,
Two little books of poetic extracts,
selected by Mr.. Edwin Osgood Grover, are
published by p. V. Volland and I ompany.
Chicago. in artistic shape Nearly all
those in The Book Of Good Fellowship
may he used as toasts. Among them is
the full text OF "Hoch der kaiser" The