New-York tribune., 1912-01-13
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.
The Putnams Will publish in the course
of the month Railways in the United
States" by the late Simon Sterne, well
known for his long connection with rail-
road matters in this country; a dog
rarhy Of Henry Dcmarest Lloyd. by MS
sister. Miss Caro- Lloyd; The Realm or
Ends. or Plurality and Theism,' by FRO
fessor James Ward, of Cambridge, being
the Clifford lectures at the University OF
81. Andrews for the years l9oI-lo;
What Is Judaism?" by Professor Abram
s. Isaacs. Of New York University; The
Revolutionary Function Of the Modern
Church." by the Rev. John Haynes
Holmes; Lady Gregory's Irish FOLK
History Plays" and several novels
Scientific Management.
Professor Imbert. of the University or
Montpelinr. France has been engaged
for twenty years in study OF the Value
OF labor by scientific methods. lie eH-
presses the opinion that very often the
quantity or intensity Of effort required
to perform work has been at the bottom
Of a strike; researches such as those l
have described would supply definite
basis for discussion and facilitate at
least the settlement Of the differences
Catholic History.
A Cardinal Edition" Of The Catholic
Church I'm the United States" is an
nounccd bv the Catholic Editing Com
pany. Of this city. This edition, to be
issued in honor Of the elevation to the
COLLEGE of Cardinals Of Archbishops Far
ley. of New York. and OConnell, of Bos-
ton. will he i'm eight elaboratcly Illus
tratcd volumes The work covers the
activities Of the Church in this country
from the landing Of the Franciscan
fathers I'm Florida I'm the fifteenth CEN
tury down 10 the present day.
Spanish Phonetics.
A work on the pronunciation Of Span
igh. "Phonttiquc Gastllane,' by Motion
Avery Cotton, instructor at the United
States Naval Academy, has recently
been put on sale by George w Jones,
Annapolis.
An introduction to the Life Of Christ.
Some of the chief agreements Of re-
cent New Testament research are re-
duced to usable shape by Professor VIII
lam y. Hill. who provides in his Intro
duction 10 tho Life of Christ" (Charles
Scribners Sons) a plain guide to the
sources, and furnishes in an appendix
careful and frugal estimate OF tho
work of scholars from Strauss and Ne
andcr 10 Sanday and Nathaniel Schmidt.
OF Canon Tarrars book, published in
1874. Dr. Hill observes that 1t has been
more widely circulated than any other
Life Of Christ in English; and this de-
spite its being difuse in style ana
marrcd by attempts at fine writing.
"The Business Almanac"
Under this title Doubleday, Page & co.
have issued an almanac for the business
man which not only has the advantages
of financial calendar showing the
dates upon which bonds Will mature,
annual meetings will be held, annual re-
ports issued and dividends rail, but
also sets forth in handy style n world OF
information that is necessary to tho
business man or the investor one part
Of the book is devoted TO the subject OF
investment in all its phases, and i'm this
the point Of view Of the small investor
and novice to financial affairs is strictly
maintained
Still Another Prize Novel
Tac first annual prize of 400 offered
by the Princess de Polignac for the best
English work of fiction published in the
course of the year has been awarded to
Walter de la Mares The Return pub
lished in this country by the Putnams
some time ago.
Boys Reading.
That the taste Of boys in literature
does not change is the opinion OF MT
J. &. WiIbce, who for over forty years
has been bookseller TO Harrow, the great
English public school, and who is now
retiring from business. Recently inter
viewed by a representative Of THE
Morning Post" he gave some account Of
his association with the school and Of
the BOYS he had seen in his shop who
have since become famous as statesmen,
prelates, administrators, authors, and so
on, among them being Winston Church
III. Earl Grey and Mr. G. w. T.. Russell
In describing the books he dealt in h.
said:
Nv business, has consisted in selling
scholastic books and books suitable for
boys. Fiction is not very much patronized
here. and !n particular you Will never find
on our shelves what are called society
novels The taste of boys I'm literature re-
mains pretty constant, and we know by eN-
perlenCe of course, what suits them. Books
of sport and adventure, books on hatural
history, books on inventions ana machinery
are the staple productions In which we deal
Rider Hagaard's New Novel.
Marie" is the title which Sir Rider
Haggard has given TO his new book
The plot is said to he laid in South
Africa i'm the time Of the great Bocr trek
from Cape Colony to the Transvaal, and
to relate the adventures Of his heroine's
family, who take part in the trek.
Emily 6ronts.
The first separate edition of the works
of Emily BrontG has just been completed
I'm London with the publication of