New-York tribune., 1910-11-02
"EVERYMAN'S"
Fifty More Volumes III q Re
markabIe Series.

It seens only the other day that we
were welcoming new batch of volumes
in "Everyman's Library the series of
cheap reprints started by Dent, in Lon
don, and published in this country by
z. p. Dutton s. Co. There were enough
books then in the collection to justify a
pause, but with something like breath
less energy the task has been carried
forward, and now five hundred volumes
are available. The last group of fifty in
the series has just been received, and re-
wives keen appreciation Of one of the
best schemes of bookmaking ever pro-
jected. These volumes are, to begin
with, excellently well made. Small in
size though they are, they are printed in
good type, on good paper, and they are
charnlingly bound, the color of the
simple cloth cover varying according to
the department OF literature in which a
given book belongs. Thus, fiction is clad
in red, poetry and drama in green, the
classics in gray, and SO on. For pub
locations so inexpensive these are aston
ishing in their solidity and good taste
All this, moreover, is subsidiary.
The first purpose of "EVeryman's, OF
course, is to enable any reader TO feed a.
special interest at its Astounding board.
The standard works are here and with
them q quantity of books which. if not
to be reckoned among the greatest tri-
umphs Of the old masters, are neverthe-
less desired by the studious reader
Take, for example the division given to
Poetry and Drama" In this latest ia
stalment We have the complete works,
in two volumes, of Ben Jonson, edited
with an Introduction by Professor ScheI-
ling, and to the same group Professor
ThorndyIoe contributes a couple of VOL
umes OF minor Elizabethan plays, while
following these we have the poems and
plays of Byron, in three volumes, edited
by Professor Trent. and, what is pecul-
jarly significant OF the alert editorial
Judgment controlling the series, a vol
ume containing "A Dolls House" and
two other plays by Ibsen. The inclusion
OF this last VividIy illustrates the resolu-
tion OF the publishers to keep Every
mans from being Il mere museum Of
familiar classics In the historical di-
vision they issue to-day the fourth. fifth
anu SiNlD volumes OF tTlDDOH, ana tnGy
reprint Hvings Conquest OF Granada"
but they give us, besides, Froude's
Reign OF Mary Tudor" and, under the
title OF The Pilgrim Fathers" q collec-
ton. happily edited by John Masefield. of
contemporary tracts or narratives Of the
sailing OF the Mayfower and the found
ing Of New England. Lord Derby's
translation of the 'Iliad' and CoWper's
version Of the odyssey" figure in the
classical list, which also embraces Plato
and Thucydides.
But il would be tiTeSome 10 enumerate
oil of the eloquent titles In this collec-
tion. We need only note in passing two
or three especially welcome volumes,
such as Burke's Reflections OH the
French Revolution" Scotts Lives of
the NoveIists" and Bartholomew Lit
erary and Historical Atlas Of Europe"
adding that among the novels room is
found not only for works by Fielding,
Thackersy and BalSae, but for THE
Woman in White" and for a collection
OF Tales and PARALLELS by Tolstoy
This batch by itself makes a little
library, and it represents only q tenth
part Of "Everyman's" Obviously, the
scheme is invaluable in the dissemna-
tien of the knowledge and delight that
literature affords.