New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-19

Duke Of Reichstsdt, but whose short life
was q pitlful mockery of his nominally
high estate figures in the list Of the
John Lane Company. The author, Mr
Edward Wetheimer. is said TO have dis
covered new material.
Professor Arthur rockingham has
finished the third volume Of the History
Of Architecture, published by the Baker
& Taylor Company. and il will soon be
issued. This work, carried through the
first and second volumes by the late
Russell Sturgis. is admirable in plan and
written in a style commencing 1t to the
general reader as well as TO the special
student. The illustrations, largely pho
togravures and halftones from photo
graphs. form an especially valuable feat
ure.
In the old town Of Dorchester, the
Casterbridge OF the Wessex novels,
dramatic society has already presented
versions OF Far From the Madding
Crowd" and The Trumpet Major" With
the permission of Nr. Hardy the sam
body of amateurs is soon TO present 1t
the same place a dramatization Of
Under the Greenwood Tree.
Nr. Walter Camp is editing new
series o. books on American sport for
the Century Company. and has written
the first volume. which is announced
for immediate publication This is called
The Walter Camp Book OF Football,
aud it embodies an exhaustive history
of the subject freely varied with anec-
dote and Renaissance.
G. w Jacobs & Co.. of Philadelphia,
print in this country one of the most
diverting Of recent books Of travel.
Yoshio MARKINGS "A japanese Artist in
London" Part of the charm of this book
is due to the fact that the authors Eng
lish has not been corrected. Both in his
ideas and in his diction he has note
Of his own
A promising book in the current list
OF the + a. Stokes Company Is Mr- III.
r. Wadleigh's Munich" an illustrated
study of the history. monuments and arr
of the Ravarian capital 1t was time for
some one to make a book on one OF the
f-iendIiest and most interesting of Euro
mean cities. Who has not been happy in
nTuDicb? It is q place by itself, stimu-
lating to the mind in many ways ana
with an atmosphere that makes 1or con-
tent
Tho Houghton Miffiin Company will
Mr. Meredith Nicholson. It has pretty
title. The Siege of the Seven Suitors-
For this book an artist in black ana
white who long ago demonstrated his
spriehtliness. Mr.. Reginald Birch has
made twenty illustrations.
Mr.. II. Noel Williams is lucky among
these writer's who Of late years have
produced so many memoirs Of royal and
other court figures in European history.
The first editions of his book are gen
orally luxurious affairs. But he has stu
further good fortune-which he owes TO
the clever, readable character OF his
writings -inasmuch as sooner or later
biography by him passes into A popular
edition. The Scribners have thus re
printed his Madame dc Montespan and
Louis XIV" ID capital narrative, full of
anecdote and color and very credltablc
as 4 piece Of painstaking characterize
ton portrait Of Nine. dc Montespan
serves as frontispiece 20 the handy, well
printed octave
IF Dr. Walter Sleeves does not drag
Shakespeare into his work he ought
easily 90 find a public for his forthcom-
ing book on Francis Bacon. This gives
a sketch of the philosophers life, works
and literary friends. chiefly from
photographed point of view" From
that point of view the subject is sus-
ceptible OF edifying treatment.
In these days OF the sufTragettes II is
perhaps natural that the presses should
give forth book after hook on the history
Of the sex The latest announced is r.
volume by Mr.. William Boulting on
Woman IN Italy" He traverses the
subject from the introduction OF the
service Of chivalrous love TO the appear
ance Of the professional actress"
Somewhere in the world there is pub
magazine described as the organ OF the
art movement 81 the Philosophical So
defy" We have never heard Of that
movement ana We have never seen
! "Drpheus," bat We suspect that both
must be fun Of interesting matter. At
al events, we read IN the London
I Morning Post" that "OrIthcuS" has
printed Al remarkable article on the
Horoscope - Dante Gabriel Rossetti .
Tic commentator reports rs follows:
THE lirst fact which one observes" says
brpit its- Il thal Gemini, the slSH OF the
. lMiHS. I"Sr on The eastern horizon al the
-LoHeLt Of EosSettIE birth" Nh " NJ
Epss"tu must have supplied particulars. OF
+ a. inns lIe result 81 calculating back
waru- The double nature OF the artist 5
! ONT! Il Ter" Immediately foreshadowed
he rising Of this sign indicates the two
Thus, ~ poetry lie impresses the eve as
hlucu - the car, and ia painting the lit
F ,raiF element D. always OF equal imbor-
! isHtc with tle pictorial" The stars II will
lc observed. are little old-fas hioned.
No account Is taken Of that awkward lei
TOT II which tnr artist betravs that he Ia :
not m8oc up his mind about the title Of
the SrblCH % the picture afterwarn
,Nfo~H as Lady I.ilitn." Then "Mouna
Rosa and others give Tho stars AWAY 10
som" extent, though We cannot he shaken
about Gcmini 40 ono that has read Mr.
i3al 'sinf "Eeoolioctions- win a. s,lr