New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
TRAVEL.

FAMOUS CASTLES AND PALACES OF
ITALY. BY Edmund 3. d'Auvergne. Illus
800. Charles scribners sons)
This, so the author states in his preface,
Is the first book In any language 70 attempt
a history OF the castles OF Italy. It's scope
is restricted 70 those medieval strongholds
which have been the scenes Of great historic
events which may be considered repre-
sentative OF their style and epoch. The pal
aces included are dealt with more briefly,
since much has been written about them
elsewhere Those selected illustrate in many
cases the transition from the military 10 the
civil style.
SUMNER DAYS AT vALLOMBRosA. By Viz
ginia W. johnson. Illustrated. l2mo, pp.
90 "a. s Barnes & Coz
The record Of seasons sojourn at Val
lombrosa, with chapters on 81. John Gual-
berto Guido Of Arezzo, Dante. Raphael. and
Miltons supposed visit 70 the place.
IN THE HEEL OF ITALY. Study Of an
a p l. 3 4. Win f fwenty-s SIX cravings I;fna,
BY the author and nineteen photographs.
svo, pp. kilt, $50 Dufield d Coz
The first history in any language Of Lecce,
in Southern Italy, with descriptions Of the
ctys Inhabitants architecture and achieve
ments in art, and OF the province to which
70 gives It's name.
UGANDA TO KHARToUM; Life and Advent
ure on the Upper Nile BY Albert b LLOYD,
Illustrations. syo, pp $40 Charles Serb
ners Sons)
The third edition Of a work hrst published
Ave years ago.
SWITZERLAND AND THE ADJACENT -POR-
TONS or ITALY SAVOY AND TYRCL
Handbook FOR Travellers. BY Kari Baedeker;
With seventy-hve maps, twenty plans ana
limo. pp Il. 1913 (Charlss scribners sons)
NY CLIMBING ADVENTURES N FOUR
CONTINENTS. BY Samuel Turner F. r.
G. s. with "a Illustrations $40, PIP. Ill,
2S3 (Charles scribner's sons)
Mr. Turner has climbed mountains IN
Switzerland. Siberia, the Andes and New
Zealand, often alone and generally WITH
out the elaborate equipment or me MOD
ern mountaineer. His traverse OF Mount
cook IS the longest continuous climb on
record.
THE WONDERS OF THE COLORADO DEs-
ERT 5sOUTHDRN CALIFORNIA. Us
Rivers and It's Mountains, It's Canyons ana
Us SPRING. its LIE c ana Hls SaTon lanes
with upward Of three hundred pen-and-ink
sketches from nature by carr EyIeI, sVo' pp'
49,. Boston. Little, Brown * co.
New one-volume edition.
THE ROMANCE or THE OXFORD coll
TFGES Pv Tra.cis Crbble. With seven
teen illustrations; pp. a24 Boston. Little
Brown g. co..
A rossipy account OF the colleges. their
founders and benefactorsi their most IfI nous
graduates: with information and anecdotes
concerning the various customs or .I'e ~.
leges, the origin OF town ano gown rows
vhv they have b0ars head for dinner On
Christmas Day az Queens and why 80 many
Jesus men are called Jones, etc, etc.
AROUND THE BLACK SEA. Asia Minor, Ar
rneria Caucasus Circsssa, Daghestan. The
C-rirnes Panama BY William Eleroy Cur
tis illustrated. svo. PIP. 4b6 (The George
II. Dorau Company 49,,
g0rnp0sed OF newspaper letters, written
,-,r-,-~ the summer and autumn ~ 1910, Civ
inc the authors impressions of the countries
rendering the Black sea through which ne
travelled. A map accompanies the volume.
-,,1t, INV rTATv A Discussion OF It's Present
political and Social Conditions. Translated
from Ia Terra Italia: Lettere Di Tn yam
kee" OF FREDERICK Garlanda, professor IN me
prvaI T-niveryitv ~ Rome. BY NJ. L. Wood.
I2plo. 10. xiv 4O6 C. ?. Putnam's Sons.l
The opening letterB touch on Italian MS
tori and the revolution. the fiscal system
and bond issues; those that follow re-
Iate IN the ca0ital, education ana art the
army ana courts, Church ana state the 20
Utica1 organization OF italy and her poliu-
cal rerties literature and the press, ana
rinra with an account OF italian family life.