New-York tribune., 1909-06-19

The Macmillan Company. by the way has al
r.o4,. arrornced divers other interesting vol
,,y,,as for the fall one Of these IS Ihe Ne"
<evq yort" written by Professor John g van
/ D,.La and Illustrated by Mr.. Joseph Peh"eii'
Another work Of a typographical nature VIII Oo
a yVauderer in Paris" by Mr. T. v Lucas
That clever Englishman has also compiIeu
new anthology. THE World Of Men, ooiN-
panion to "The Ladies Pageant ana nc i'a'
in nreparation a book of essays. one oI ''9
most important of all the new BOOKS aliil'll'I0U
by this firm is the work on "Conceaiihe NoiU'
tion in the Animal Kingdom" upon which MI
,tho++ 1,ba,er the painter and his son, MT
Gerald H. Thayer, have been laboring for NUM-
her Of wears In text and picture these authors
are expected to make valuable reVelauohS.
,,-orl, entitled documentary History OF
American Industrial Society is announced Ioi
nubIication In the autumn. The bureau OF III
dustrial research and the Carnegie INSTITUTION
have been long engaged upon the Pfepai ''io'i
of these volu1ues, which are intended u p' "a
haustive in their dealings with industriaI con
ditions and with the relations between capi'i'
and labor and like questions. Details DriehS
presented as follows:
The series viii comprise preface 3{otso2 ny Jobn
Richard T. Ely: Introduction ny frpI9ST% 3
y ,Iarke. Volumes III. Plantation ara tI3IIITt' %
Py ProIeSSor cases 1905 1872 by Professor
John Commons and ProLeSZG[ SZI[roI5t 1S90-fs40
bv Professor Commons and Helen X 9qlsf6 is
Ps; IS D. H. roasr H0t.f commons; Volumes Xxx, Labor
Movement iS6,isso 10y Professor Commons is anu i
John r. Andrews Ph. d, Volume \ VIII '''' ~
clude an exhaustive analytical hufN
Those who own any relics Of DR. Samuel
Johnson are invited to lend them to the Mayor
Of Lftchfeid to be included in the eXhloiuon "l
sJcb objects. which viii be held during the pro-
iected celebration of the Johnson bicenteh&'y III
that town All articles viii be adequately IN
sr7red There are doubtless mementos Of the
famous doctor which are cherished in this coun-
try
The most amusing anecdOte associating Or.
Johnson and Americans was related apropos of
Gilbert Stuart. The Fnglishnan called one day
upon Benjamin West. the painter. desiring 70
converse with him upon American AFFAIRS
After some time Mr. West said that he had
Young American IGilbert STUART living with
him from whom he might derive some iniorna-
ton and introduced stuart The conversation
continued JStuart being thus invited 10 take
rs-- i'm it, when the doctor observed TO Mr..
West that the young man spoke very good Eng
lisH. and turning 10 Stuart rudely asked him
where he had learned it, stuart very promptly
~er.ted. Sir can better tell you where did
no. learn tit WAS not from your dictionary.
johnson seemed aware OF his own ahruptness
and was not offended
Senator Henry cabot Lodge is tho editor-in-
cr.er or forthcoming formidable compilation
which is 20 bear the general title of The Best
of the Worlds Classics" II vill be complete I'm
ten illustrated volumes The prose extracts
have been taken from tho writings Of the an
rierr world as well from the works of mod
e~r authors An selections from languages other
than English appear ln t-anslations Mr- r "
IIalses. l- associated with Senator Lodge in the
preparation of these volumes. and Ncssrs. Funk
& WagnauS viii publish them.
r. his briof discussion Of the dogma Of The
At,nomert' tCharlcs Scrihner's sons Rev
James Stalker adhoros 20 that Interpretation oC
II 20 which the writer's or the New Testament
were committed MANY christian teachers know
only q Christianity which makes the good bet
ter NOT one that makes the bad good and herein
tho author sees the reason why the alton, ment
IS SEQ obscure tn the minds of such teachers He
quotes With approval the saying that ali heresics
spring from inadequate sense Of sin. and NE
reminds us that there has never been any
Christianity a. an actual power in this world
except the Christianity Of the resurrection
Professor Robert w Rogers. in his letters on
pecialy I'm ito relation TO Israel" tEatou &
AIaine). has treated a rather form liable subject
so cloyery that even the much patronized in
tcltgent layman" need not err therein. BY way
Of Introduction Dr Rogers tells the story of the
excavations since 1911 at Nineveh and Babylon
by means of which an ancient civilization mas
been plucled from oblivion. The work ~ the
pioneers at the mouuds-Rich Botta. I.ayard
Rassam and Jules Oppert-was matched i'm pa
thence by the efforts Of Groterend and other
scholars who set themselves 20 deCipherlug the
cunclrorm inscriptions bricks that seemed at
FIRST determined not To testify. Comparing the
Babylonian sacred literature with the Hebrew
writings Professor Rogers does not see how a
Ca sual reader could fau TO discern q dependence
Of several old Testamcut passages ON the older
MYTHOLOGY. The influence dates from the oCcu-
patton of Canaan by the Israclitcs. Even the
name JahWch was an inheritance from Babylon
The name only. however, for the Hebrew people
had q conception of God to which the great
thinkers i'm Babylona never attained. 1t WAS
ethical rnonothcism that gave Israel its spiritual
supremacy. and the origin OF that superior faith
can b. found says the author. in nothing short
Of a personal revelation Of God in human history.
The Putnams have done well 10 add to their
reprints of the writings OF the late Leslie
stephen one Of THE Playground Of Europe"
that book in which the staid philosopher and
critic showed that he could write of Alpine
climbing with something of the enthusiasm of a
boy Stephens mind was filed with rather
cold. dry light and not his love of the
mountains could make his prose at all fervid.
If they stirred him 10 poetic emotion he never
theless wrote about them a practical man.