The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-20
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

tifls The Future Of Trade unioni@m and
Capitalism In q Democracy" The ques-
lions discuaaed In these Lectures are en-
phatically questions Of the day not only
fer tbs studsnts Of public nGAirs but for
all Intelligent citizens Of the country.
Percy AIAckays's "A Garland 90 Sylvia
II 90 be publishOd In May. The author
DESCRIBES tho book a. q dramatic revoTis.
Those who are interested In The progrSss
Of American dramatic verse will welcome
this new volume.
The second volume In the Picturesque
River Series In 20 be published at tho
end of the month under the title Of The
Picturesque S. Lawrence. Clifton John
son In this volume has writtsn % the
history and the natural beauty both in
summer and winter Of thia outlet Of tho
great Aakss. He has studied ia boat
men. pioturinG In words and photographs
the most interesting Types. and no tells
some Of the myths Of the river which
have b@sn handed down from generation
Go gsneration-
Henry Mills Alden In the new book. 'In
After Days looks upon death a. natural,
desirabls-a graceful withdrawing u
one generation to give place to another.
u ID q romance with ia question what
thsnp" He believes that we cannot COM
prshsnd q life without and beyond ser
and mortality. Finally he puts his own
view thus: we confront the great change
not with q theory but a. our most inter-
essing venture Mr.. Aldsn interprets
THE belief more fully in his books God
in His world and "A Study Of DEATH
Although the title. -Bianca's Daughter
Of Jumtus Miles Forman's latest novel has
q foreign sound lie scene 10 American
aud its spirit wholly Of this country
A secluded Connecticut country place.
New York city. Central Park and apart
msut houses make up the scenes through
which -Biancas Daughter moves In this
novel. which 10 both q society and q mys-
tory story.
Charles ID. Stewart. who wrote 'Ths
Fugitive Blacksmith" Partners OF
Providsoce.' 40. has a new book ready
which will DO Published Immediately
under the title Of Essays On The Spot.
Thsss ss=sys include Chicago Spiders.'
Tbs Story Of Bully and "On the Mo-
raine'
A copy OF the life Of Mary Lyon
which 10 60 be published next week. will
Do presented TO each member 81 this
years graduating class at Mount Holyoke
through tho gensrosisy OF . friend % the
college Copies Of the Life Of Alice
Freeman Palmer were presented In a
similar manner by Mrs. John ID. Rookie
feIler 20 the graduating clAss at Vassar
and by Prof. George n. Palmer 20 the
graduating class at Wellesley.
Ian Hay has chosen the following well
known passage az q kind % tsEt for his
new novel:
DIR. Johnson--' Oatmeal. sir? The food
oe horses in England and % men In
Scotlandi'' -Borwell Croused at lastD-
And where. sir. will Won find such horses
or such menf'' The hero Of Mr.. Hays
hook IL a raw young ScotchmAn Of humble
birth who bscomes secretary to a Member
NJ Parliament and falls In love with his
er-in-law. She regards him AZ i'm
possible" matrimonially. His method of
overcoming this oppositiOn 10 the working
out Of the authors text and incidentally
Furnishes q most striking proposal scene.
HOW IGutMtN KONNNuhtaHtAN SoEAH ahAtnh
the ants IL shown in DR.. Henry {. Nc
Cooks new volume. Ant Communities.
The worker ant IL a female in which
reprod,lction has been subordinated. and
the social life and government Of ants.
ono 20 the most remarkable examples in
natural ac,ence devolves wholly upon her.
DIR. McCook continues: "fhetr internal
Affairs call for no police. Among these
miIliona Of citizens there n no, one Grim
inaI. one degenerate I do not recall IN
al nv observation q single example u
an ant whose actual Offending called for
CIVIL punishment.
Judge A. Van wagenenen IN a volume
to L,@ publIahed in May entitled Govern
ment Ownership ~ Railways after
comparativs study % railway systems
under government control and those
privately operated. comes TO the cOnclu-
sion that Government control Of railways
IN strouRly 20 be commended. Tho
author defends himself from the charge
OF socialism. alleging that the e1uali-
zafion Of opportunities which would fol-
low the extension Of e1ual rights to all
shippers In all parts Of the country IA
condition ot Affairs impossible ~ reali-
ration a. long A. the competing roads
are no, brought under one central con-
trolling TorceD would make for Individual
isun and arrest the progress Of socialism.
percivaI lowell. the author Of The
Evolution Of wovIda. recently delivered
a lecture before the Society OF Arts on
the subject which h engrosaing 90 much !
attention At present. namely 'Comets.-
In the course Of this lecture Mr. Lowell !
stated that the Inhabitants Of the earth |
can breathe the atmosphere Of the com
cts tail with the utmost bravsdo.' In
the history OF the world he declares there
are but eight recorded deaths resulting
from comets; three OF these were saslors