The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31

wv NEW tn" Ia-" bOa-' ~ osinA tA"
man could b. checked a. once. The
directory cootAin- the names of 1859
living graAasfss. wiih the addresses %
most ~ them. They are arranged by
classes. hy geographical distribution and
alphabetically. II contains also some
interesting stats, zeal tables and other
university informal ion.
In this ntenary year Of the birth Of
Charles Sumner. MI. Walter q Shotwell's
The Life Of Charles sumner JThomss y
CroweIl and Company will be- welcome
Il ia a conscientious piec. OF work in
which great pains has been taken with
details, though perhaps IN. chief charac-
teriS; les OF Sumner do not II and out so
clearly His fame on, side OF Massachu
sets does not burn a. brightly as il did
a general ion ago With all his great
merits and qualities he memory OF his
arrogance. OF his being thorn in the
flesh TO Lincoln. persists No hint OF
these defects will he found in the hog
raphy. The unpleasant side of the man
affected his private and his public life:
neiihe can De Understood II il be con-
cealnd. To his scholarship. To his zeal
for the abolition Of slavery and for the
maint enaDce OF the Government Mr.
Sho,we gives all due credit
After Mr.. Bran Stoker's successful
ventures IA sensational fiction a more
interesting volume might have been es-
pected from him than Famous lmpostors"
lSturgis and Walton Company. surely a
promising subject. lie tells the story Of
"a few royal impost ors. of a few charla-
tans, Of some hoa Yes, spelling them in the
telling He gives an account Of John Law.
the first of financiers but hardly an i'm
poster. and OF the Cheva lier Eon and the
Tichborne claimant. The gem Of his
collection, however. and q good story IL
would be " h. had narrated it intelli-
gently. - that Queen Elizabeth was not
herself al all. but a boy who was sub
stisuted for her when she died. a three year
old baby. MIR Stokes is strong on the ac-
cessories. particularly visit he made
himself 10 Bisley. where he says the
legend is believed: he forgets 10 tell the
story clearly or TO supply any grounds
for supposing il 10 be even possible.
The Roycroft contribution to the Hud-
son celebration IL an artistically printed
volume containing an ode on Man
haitian by Joseph I. L. Clarke. which ia
smoothly rhymed and an essay on Henry
Hudson by Ebert Hubbard, who as
usual manages to express his opinions
on a variety Of matters that have nothing
10 do with has subject. The Roycrofters.
East Aurora. New York;
An account OF his life in the army where
he served throughout the civil war in the
First husettsv olunt eers, il set down
| by MIR G. W. Bardeen in a Little Filters
War Diary &C. W. Bardeen. Syracuse'
The author does not hesitate TO speak
out his mind: he preeerv ed his diaries and
this story OF life in the ranks 10 not only a
valuable document but makes very in
teresting reading. IL is illustrated with
many curious wartime pictures.
| The selections from the college publica-
tons contained in "A Villa ms Anthology,
com piled, 10y Edwin Partridge Lehman and
Julian Park Iprivately printed. Williams
town. Mass !. differ from other such
collections in that both prose and Verse
are included More than half the CON
tents are contributed by twentieth century
undergraduates and these do not contemn
! fiction IL IL creditabls ex hibit Of
literature. for the name Of William Cullen
Bryant heads the list. and among those
who come after are Franklin Carter. John
J. Ingalls,. James 4. Garfield. Charles
/ Cuthbert Hall. Hamilton Wright Mahi.
and Washington GLADDEN.. No doubt tn.
Younger names IN time will bscor. as
well known.
This year the Yale Dramatic Association
has taken for its play Carlo Golduni :
IL Vsntaglio- Crhe Fam. which Prof.
Kenneth Mckenzie has translated into
English for it. IL publishes the text. with
an introduction on Goldoni and his plays.
az a book Of the play. with tn. cast and
portraits 81 the players. in very handsome
shape New Haven. Comm.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
publishes an souvenir OF the SEVENTEEN
year Of its incorporation n volume called
A Link Of Empire. or Seventy Years Of
British shipping" This contains the
charter Of the company. accounts ~ all
it- steamers from the start. Of its officers,
its routes ana descriptions 81 the modern
accommodations. IL il illustrated with
many pictures. among them that % tn.
Trent. the most famous of their steamers.
from which Capt. Wilkes took OF the
rebel emissarie-. Mason and Slidell IL IL
published by the London Office.
The Methodist Year Book comes out
in the edition for 1911 under the editor
ship of Oliver =. Baketel cato and
MainSI. IL contains much general in
formation Of interest 10 the denomina ton 4:
perhaps IN future II may include list Of
ministers and churches.