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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04

moi OF the English Civil War OF
Matthew Grant TO Massachusetts
and OF Richard Lee to Virginia.
There were Grants In the French ana
Indian war, and Grants and Lees in the
Revolutionary armies. An informing
book and soundIy patriotic one
General Lees famous father is the MS
torical hero of Scouting for Light Horse
Harry little. Brown a Coz. the fic-
tional protagonist of the tale being
Thomas Ludlow, who. according to tine
author, John Preston True, distinguished
himself at Bunker Hill, was appointed
TO command by Washington ana
served as captain of scouts under Light
Horse Harry. a spirited tale OF ad-
venture and military service.--That
meritoriOus historical novelist Joseph A.
Altsheler has of late years devoted
himself exclusively to the writing OF
stories foe younger readers. This fall
he is to the fore with two new books,
The Scouts of the Valley" and THE
Quest of the Four" Cd. Appleton 81 Coz.
the one tale of the Santa Fe trail OF
trading. Indian fighting and the Mex
lean war; the other a narrative of the
Wyoming massacre and the battle Of
Chemung. Mr.. Altsheler always tells
good story; what is no less important is
that he always remains a conscientious
historian.
Mary Gay Humphreys 1.-THE Boys
Story Of Zebulon NJ. Pike Charles
Scribners Sons is not fiction, but a cap
ital edition, for popular reading, of the
explorers diary and reports. the whole
being welded into continuous nara
tiv Mr. Byron A. Dunn's The Scout
Of Pea Ridge" a. G. McClurg q Coz is
Il sequel to his with Lyon in Missouri
which itself was the opening volume Of
"rhe Young Missourians" series. As
the title sufficiently indicates, the tale
deals with the critical moment in the
progress of the Union cause after the
death Of General Lyon and the capture
of Lexington. The author mingles fact
and fancy freely, but legitimately.-
That unspeakable rufIlan Henry Nor
gan is turned into somewhat of a Brit
ish hero by Commander Il. Hamilton
Currey, r. ~. in with Morgan to Pan
anna" tThe J. p. Lippincott Company.
He certainly was mighty fighting man.
a tale of piracy and violence and der
ring-do to satisfy the most adventurous
boyish mind. The Illustrations are gayly
colored.-Captain Charles Young, who
has already written Of THE Last Of the
Vikings" retels the story Of Harold.
First of the Vikings" CThomas Y. Crow
ell d Coz In a volume that has been pro-
vided with sixteen full-page illustrations
by Gertrude Domain Hammond, r. T.
1t is a story thar bears telling and tell
ing again, a wild, rushing chapter of
romance in the book Of histOry.--A
brief STORY of the Roman People" by
Eva March Tappan CThe Houghton
Mifin Company, is a good piece of
work within its scope, and has the merit
of being clear and readable throughout.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
ROYAL Traits Studied at Close
Quarters.

THEIR MAJESTIES AS l KNEW THEM
Personal "reminiscences of the Kings
and Queens of Europe. BY Xavier
Paol. Translated into English by A
Texeira de Mates. Illustrated. svo'
PIP. xvii SiS Sturgis walton COM
pany
Since his retirement NJ. Paoli. long
known in the august circles of Europe
has acquired a wider fame in moro
democratic regions as the French official
who was for many years charged by his
government with the delicate and ardu-
Gus task of watching over the safety OF
royal personages visiting France. At
tached to the political police. he was
officially known as the Special Commits
sioner Of Railways for the Department
OF the Interior. currently referred to as
the Chamberlain of the Republic" and
dubbed the Guardian of Kings by one
OF them. his majesty Of Greece.
His efficiency and his oonsummate tact
are attested to by the forty-two foreign
decorations bestowed upon him. aside
from the innumerabe royal presents
that adorn his home and, when he
chooses, his person:
lie is the only Frenchman who can at
one and the same time wear craVat pm
given him by the Emperor OF Austria, a
watch offered BY the King Of Greece, a
chain presented by Queen Victoria, cane
from the King OF Sweden. a cigarette
holder from the Emperor OF Russia, d
matchbox from the King Of England and
| cease. for the list would be interminable.
=, Paoli has written his "reminiscences
81 the many royal and imperial person
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
LITTLE Lord FAURTLER0Y
A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY EDITION
There Are Full Colored Pictures
and Many New Black and
White Sketches by Regi-
maid Birch.

Mrs Burnett in her preface eX-
plains why this new edition, with its
twelve full-page illustrations and its
many new pen and ink sketches by
the original illustrator, Reginald
Birch. is issued:
About twenty-five years ago this
story was written. The children who
read II first are now men and women.
Many of them have children Of their
own and these children it seems are
reading IL alsO--or want 10 read II,
or their friends wish TO give ii to
them TO read. As / myself loved
Fauntleroy. IL is a happiness to me TO
know that so many others loved him.
The book which told his story has
been read so many thousand times
that its lettering has been worn out
and its pictures have faded away. AS
he himself has not faded away, there
has been made this rev book with
new pictures by the same hand which
years age created the first Fauntle-
roy who made his cheerful little bow
TO tho world
II is a beautiful book to be had for
$500 net: postpaid s2.2o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
Literary .NesUs and Criticism,

ages with whom he has come into per-
sonal contact in the course of his career
and if, tactful and diplomatic always, he
presumably refrains from telling us all
he knows what he does choose TO relate
forms a chatty. entertaining volume
even though it begins with the tragedy
Of Elizabeth of Austria. who strenuously
objected to being watched at all, and
whose independence Of action and move
ment made her a most troublesome roy
atty TO protect. Notwithstanding her
amiability.
The ruler whom this veteran Les best
is Alfonso XIII of Spain, cheerful.
democratic youth bubbling over with the
JOY of living when NJ. Paoli first met
him: royal philosopher. moreover, who
agrees with the late King Humbert of
Italy that assassination is part OF his
trade" The Emperor and Empress Of
Russia. we are told. were a simple and
kindly couple, anxious to please every
body. obviously hating pomp and cere-
mony. "and of endless delicacy Of
thought especially for their humber fel-
low beings" In the case OF the imperial
Russian visits, NJ Paoli confesses
frankly that the greatest anxiety of the
French police concerned the agents OF
the Russian secret police sent In ad-
vance of the august visitors. 1t was
thought best, he states to keep these
.,Iz 1Ie n n
keep them i'm ignorance as far as pos
sible of the arrangements made and the
protective measures taken.
On the subject of political crime and
its prevention NJ. Paoh ID discreetly
silent, though he makes it clear that 1t
was not plots and conspiracies that he
feared, but the fanatic who keeps his
purpose TO himself No doubt his remi-
niscences in this field may be looked for
, at some future time, but in the present
volume he keeps to his text, their
majesties of Austria. Spain, Italy, Greece
and the Netherlands. three generations
Of the English royal family, the En-
peror and Empress of Russia, Nazr-
eddin of Persia, the King of Cambodia
and Leopold H. Courteous, cOnsiderate,
friendly, simple people ALL except the
founder of the Congo Free State. Him
NJ PaOl saw oftenest and guarded most.
but he confesses that he never came to
know the man at all. He learned to ad-
mre an exceptionally brilliant intellect
and to recognize a true Partisan, not of
the clubs, the theatres and the race
courses but Of the streets and the by
ways, a bouquinste Of the quays, a lover
of old Paris. For the rest. Leopold wore
mask:
He was as battling a puzzle, carried
banter occasionally 10 the verge Of insO-
lcnCe and cyn!cism TO that of cruelty, and
IL. Al times. he yielded TO fits of noisy
gayety. if from behind the rough exterior
there sometimes shot an impulse of uneX-
CLEANS. He promptly recovered his won
Gerful sef-control: and those about him
were too greatly fascinated by his intelli-
Eence to seek to understand his habit OF
mind and neart.
The authors impression Of Leopold Is
real contribution 10 our knowledge Of
most unpleasant being, who yet was
undeniably an exceptional personality.
It is just this that NJ. Paoll makes us
see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
HISTORIC FACT AND FICTION.

During the early years OF the Civil
War an English sympathizer with the
South tauntingly asked Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, United States Minister
to England, what he thought Of the bril-
liant victories which the Confederate
armies were then gaining. II think they
have been won by my countrymen." was
the quiet answer Mr.. Frederick Trevor
Hil tells the anecdote in his iDtroduc-
ton to ION the Trail of Grant and Lee"
ID. Appleton 4 Coz, which deserves the
attention of the seniors of the young
sters for whom il is written. The book
traces the parallels and condolences
linking the careers of these two great
Americans. finding their beginning. IN
deed. In the emigration during the tur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
BIOGRAPHY.

MY NAVAL CAREER AND TRAVELS BY
ADMIRAL Of the Fleet the Right Hon. SIR
edward r. seymour with illustrations
syo. %. ~. 42s ~. p. Dutton & Coz
The record Of his lie IN the navy fTora
tho dav he entered the service 70 hts retire
ment on April 30. 1910
DIARY OF GIDEON WELLES. Secretary Of
the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson
With an Introduction BY John T. Morse. ~.
and with illustrations. In three volumes.
$40 90 lift 3d. xvi. 803. xy. 67l The
Houghton Mifin Company
Covering the period from 1881 . 1852 TINS
dairy gives a history OF the conduct Of me
war from the point % view OF the admins
ration: the hopes. disappointment. ana
achievements ~ the government. and u poi-
travs Tincoln's relations With he Cabinet
=, ,,rt1rp tArOBE The Black Robe Noyageur.
Nv Katharine Hughes. illustrated. Sv@
nm. xxi. 467. (Noffat. Yard & CO.
This biography is written from the Siam
poiut OF historical and human Interest
with pictures of life IN old quebec from
1Si9 onward it deals mainly with the west
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
FICTION.

AT TIRE AGE OF EVE. BY Kate Iririel.
shsrber With illustrations by rsul Meg o.D
I2mo, pp. 354. Che Booos-Mep" ''"''
pany)
The story-a sequel 70 The Annals ~
Ann''-of a young girl told in sutooographe
form.
PoMANDER WALK. By Louis y Parker II
instrations by J. scott williams svc ~.
268. THE John Lane Company
4 noyezed version Of the PLAY WITH
tinted frontispiece Of the heroine and other
illustrations.
HENRIETTA. By F. Crosby Heath. limo. ~.
3O4. CThe John Lane Company
4 story Of child life In New York. Henri
eta is the eleyen-year-old daughter OF
dramatic critic.
THE PROGRESS OF MRS. CRIPPs-ITDDIF-
MORE By Gerard Bsndsll l2mo, ~ Sot
(The John Lane Company
Concerning the members Of middle clss
English family who have become wealthy.
The children desire Ia emulate IN The spheres
of literature and art the success Of their
father In financial circles
THE MOON LADY. BY Helen Huntington.
12mo, DID, sol. Charles Scribners Sons)
Concerning the struggle OF a son 10 save
his mother from a fate that seems ineyita
bic. and al the same time win the girl "non
ne loves
LOVES PURPLE. By s. Ella Wood Dean.
The narrative Of a woman's quest for love
Of an ideal and uplifting character
A COUNTRY LAWYER. BY Henry 4 shus
With illustrations. i2mo. pp. 43l Th:
Houghton Miffiin Company
Young college man goes 20 read law m
country town with attorney Of The Oh
school The book tells how he tights his
way through opposition 10 success.
THE HAUNTED PHOTOGRAPH. BY Ruth Nc
Emery stuart. illustrated by William T.
Jacobs Peter Newell. Ethel p. Brown and
Wilson .. Dexter. Small l2mo, pp. i6s
The Century Company
Four short stories Of both white and negr'
folk Besides the tale which gives the book
its title there are Whence and Whittier
"a case in Diplomacy and The After
glow"
DOWN NORTH on THE LABRADOR By
Wilfred r. Grenfell Illustrated. limo. pp.
229. CThe Fleming II. Revell Company
new collection or Labrador yarns.
THE CASE OF RICHARD NEWELL 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
TWO ON AN ISLAND.
THE UNOFFICIAL HONEYMOON. BY
Dolf Wyllarde l2mo, PIP. 81. The john
Lane Company.

THE UNOFFICIAL HONEYMOON. BY
Dolf Wylarde. Emo PIP. 81. The john
Lane Company.
Many novelists have dealt with the
situation created by the shipwrecking Of
man and a woman on a desert island;
many more will undoubtedly deal with
il again hereafter, for its possibilities are
endless, according TO the character, tenn
permanent and antecedents of the two con-
cerned. In The Unofficial Honeymoon"
Dolf Wyllarde traces the emotional prog
ress of two strongly contrasred person
alities-the man British officer, expe-
rienced in the ways Of the world, but a
true gentleman withal; the woman, on
the other hand, the product of sternest
Scotch Calvinism, reinforced by the mar
rowest of English nonconfOrmity, yet at
heart an innocent hedonist in her sup
pressed longing for the pretty things of
life. its sunshine and happiness: The
author does not play kindly providence
TO these two in material matters \
pocket knife and lens from field
glass are their sole equipment where
with TO start life anew, and they start
II practically each alone, the woman
wreck of comatose indifference to fate.
If is the man who takes command.
barshly. to save her from herself. 1t Is
not until she, in her turn, saves him
from a threatened fit of madness that
they begin to feel their dependence upon
each other The story is well developed,
the author never losing sight Of the in
nuence of primitive conditions Of mate
rial existence upon the mental and emo
tional processes of these two. 1t may be
said in conclusion that "The Unofficial
Wooing" would be a better title for the
hook than the one chosen by the author
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ARCHITECTURE.

THE ESSENTIALS or A COUNTRY HOUSE.
By r. A. Briggs, r. X. |. b. A, Archt.
illustrated limo. %. XII y. (Chsrles
Scribner's SonsJ
Dealing conciSely with certain essen
tiais'' to health and comfort IN the building
OF house: with suggestions ss 70 situation.
aspect, soil and matsrtals illustrated With
plans and photographs Of houses IN Eng
land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
ARIsTocRATs AND JAcoeINs.

THE LOSER PAYS. a story Of ,d the
12mo. m. Si5. Boston: Small, Maynard
g. co.
This is still another novel of the
French Revolution. and it is clever
one. ingeniously planned and convinc-
ingly told. 1t purports to be the mar
rative Of an old Frenchman, who, in
1871. was seven years old. the son OF
noble. of no less a parsonage, indeed
than Rouget de Lisle. the singer OF the
.'NIarseillaise" The child hears the first
mutterings of the rising in his grand
mothers chateau, far from Paris
whittier he is taken, and where he sees
the daily life Of the imprisoned mobiles
awaiting execution. Set at liberty, he is
found wandering in the streets and
taken in by q thin, cadaverous looking
Young man whose name is Napoleon,
and whose brother Louis, future KING,
combs his hair These are but few OF
the adventures of this little one, whom
the author also leads across the path OF
Josephine de Beauharnais, the cobDler
Simon and others. Quite ingenious,
also is the authors use Of La Harpes
Prophecy Of Gazette" with its strange
tales of visions of the Terror, OF CONVEX
sion to faith and violent deaths. The
child moves among the horrors of the
Terror until, after the Kings death, he
is sent to England. Decidedly clever
and successful bit of fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
The REFERENDUM IN AMERICA
A TIMELY BOOK
E. P. Oberholtzer's Work Dis
cusses the Referendum, lni-
tiative and Recall Here.

This new edition Of Mr.. Oberholt-
zer's standard book gives all availa-
bic facts relative to those schemes
now so holly advanced on the ground
that our present governments are not
representative enough. It is for such
men as wish fact as well as theory
10 go by in maxim judgments-for
All important theory is here concisely
stated. and all important data are
here compactly given. The price is
900 net
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
ANOTHER MODERN oUlxoTE.

THE GARDEN OF RESURRECTION.
Being the Love Story OF an Ugly Man.
BY H. Temple Thurston. l2mo. PIP SIG.
Mitchell kcnnerley.
The trace of Mr.. William j. Locke is
over many of them nowadays. The con-
dition in, the attitude to,ard. life Of the
ugly man of this story not altogether
unlike that Of Sir Marcus Ordeyne. nor
is the grievous adventure OF the young
woman from the West Indies, with just
a touch Of the tar brush in her veins.
strikingly dissimilar u that Of the dewy-
eyed enchantress from the Near East.
who played havoc with we'll ordered
existence and the manuscript Of "A his
tory of Renaissance morals. There are
fashions in fiction as we'll as In clothes,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
"UncIe Toms Cabin"

Henry Bohn, who has just died in
London, was the son Of the founder e
Bohn's Libraries, known all over the
world. AS "A partner in the paternal
firm lie was responsible for the publica-
ton of Uncle Toms Cabin" i'm Eng
land. The elder Bohn had decided
against the book, but the son, after sit
ting up all night to read it, travelled up
to London in the early hours of the
morning to place it in the hands of the
printers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
ESSAYS.

THE RICHER LIFE. BY Walter \; Dyer.
Emo, pp. Dos. CDouDieoay' rage W
same a, the titles Of these papers ar.
.'rbe Prince. the Pauper and the Golden
Mean" "The Vision Of Anton. the CLOCK
maker" 1.-THE Opening OF the Eyes o. 9a.,
per." THE King Who Wished TO lie COED
and "A Little Boy and Santa Claus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
FICTION
Crime, Revolution and Other
Choice Excitements.
TALES BY Mr.. cHesTERToN.

THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BKON y.
Il BY Gilbert *. Chesterton. lilusuaied'
Emo PIP. 297. The John Lane Company
Versatility and paradox are the fololes
of Mr.. c. n. Chesterton. If not his STOCK
in trade. He is always doing something
new and always trying to give 1t an
original turn. We say trying auNls-
edly. for a certain sense of strain be-
longs to everything that comes from inc
pen of this busy bookmaker. we are
aware of il i'm this latest venture OF MS
a collection Of detective" stories There
is nothing novel about the transiorina-
ton of his criminal. Flambeau, INTO
hunter Of thieves, but Mr.. Chester'oh
duly gets his stroke of the Bizarre pS
putting the solution of all his problems
into the hands of priest, Father Brown
and, of course. this individual is small
round-faced and demure, thereby height
ening the incongruity of his relation TO
the world of wicked adventure.
Father Brown is likable person ana
uncannilv clever In fact. we have more
confidence in him than we have In the
yarns spun TOT tne eAploi'atioh "
abilities as detective. Mr.. Chestertoh
is inventive, but not inventive enough
he will start off with promising con-
ception. but before he has wound up MS
story he has got his reader a little con-
fused. and at the end falls upon some
thing very like anti-cliIlaX. The pook
is overwritten, so TO say, raising the
thought that the motives in IT might
have been rendered altogether enchah'-
ing if only they had been handed over 10
a Conan Doyle. say. who would nave
treated them with artless simplicity. Mr..
Cbesterton is too anxious TO he original;
he presses his little literary manner TOO
hard Which is pity, for the character
of Father Brown was one worth the
right treatment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
HoweIIs and Lang.

Mr.. Andrew Lang recently recalled the
fact that years ago he met Mr.. w. d.
Howells at oxford. I'VE had both long
known" says the Scot, that in literary
taste we never agreed" In one thing.
however, they did agree. Mr.. Howells
learned with unconcealed surprise" adds
Lang, that I shared his admiration of
the novels of Mr.. Leonard Merrick."
There be other readers who share i'm
that admiration, and it is singular that
the best books Of this author are not
better known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

The old town of Mercersburg. Penn.
has a history beginning with the year
1870, and in that history are many pictu-
rescue incidents, including those at
tendant upon various Indian raids 1t
Buchanan and of the Irwin sisters, one
OF whom became the mistress Of the
White House as Mrs. Harrison. while
the other who also married a Harrison.
became the mother of the second Presi-
dent Harrison. The story OF the town,
told from many odd and amusing points
Of view. which has been prepared under
the auspices of the Mercersburg Wom-
ans Club, is coming from the press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
"Pure Foods"

Professor John c. Olsen has produced
a book pat TO the time" in the shape Of
Pure Foods: Their Adulteration and
cost" The patient consumer-who
doesn't, by the way, seem to be so pa
tent as OF old-will probably take a
good deal of interest in this treatise on
prepared and preserved foods their
havorihg and coloring, and the simple
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
Beck Exhibition.

The sixth annual exhibition Of books
of the year, with original illustrations.
manuscripts, bindings and posters. will
be opened at the galleries of the Ma
tional Arts Club next Wednesday. II
will close on November 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
OF course, the eminently valuable clta.
tons from the Hoe sale.
Tbonoae Hardv's NoveIs


Thomas Hardy's Novels.
Mr.. Hardy is quoted as saying that he
is no longer sufficiently interested In his
Wessex novels to take much trouble
about them. This may possibly imply
that the forthcoming edition for which
he is writing prefaces will be the last to
be issued under his personal supervision.
His statement leads friendly COM
mentator to recall a more formidable
state OF mind in NJ. Anstole France
The Frenchman once declared that noe
only did he not read his own books but
that he did not even have copies OF them
in his possession. NO" he said, what
a man has built himsef-even supposing
II to be a palace-he knows so we'll that
he cannot endure the sight OF II. could
not bear to have my own books In my
hands Why should look at Them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
OUR BROTHER THE HARE
Rider Haggard Against Cruelty
to Animals,

THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE. A
Dream Story; BY II; Rider Haggard1
With 10 Illustrations by Messrs. w. 7.
Horton and II NJ. Brock, r. l. l2mo,
Uu 1865 Henry Holt & Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
American Book Prices.

American BOOK FrIcsS,
The seventeenth annual volume Of
american Book Prices Current" is near
" ready for publication Its record Of
books and autographs sold at auction in
Ne York, Boston and Philadelphia dur
ing the season of 1910 and 1911 includes,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
William James.

There is to be biography of the late
Professor William James, and his son is
collecting his father letters for the pur-
poses of the biographer Those who
treasure interesting epistes from the pen
of James are invited to contribute their
contents 10 the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04

DR.. Grenfell. Of Labrador, that fine
fellow. has a dog, Brin, who is also
fine fellow. OF their adventures together
in the North the physician has written
lively description, and his article will APP
pear in an carly number of st. Mich
olaS"