New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-03
RoOKS AND AUTHORS
current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

,r,~oblens Of Power: A Study OF In
o.,oral Politics from Sadowa to
',.',r.Kilisse." by William Morton Full
,'-,o, sometime correspondent of THE
's.dcn Times" will he published
.rIy this month by Charles Scribner's
rs Il includes even those events Of
,n,srnational politics especially Euro
IAN that have occurred within the
=, few weeks. and bears directly upon
-. situation that has arisen through
.hs war Of the Balkan States against
rrrkev. Mr. Fullerton's connection
18th "The London Times" has brought
,,,, into intimate relations with a large
.,onortion Of the events he deals with.
MS work is based upon the theory that
venoleon and Bismarck opened a new
era by laying the foundation Of Mod
am Europe" The subject-matter is
a,vided into four books-"World Hts
tory from Sedan 10 the Coup d'Agadir."
eTbe Domestic Crises Of the European
states and the Foreign Policy of the
Powers" French Domestic Politics
and British Domestic Politics, and
british Domestic Politics and German
Foreign Policy" Economic Factors
AHecting the Political Attitude Of Mod
ern States" and The Present out
look
Naooleonic Gossip.
Lucien Bonaparte-"the most am
bitious man ] ever knew" his famous
brother called him-left q tremendously
bulky bundle Of memoirs, which after
his widows death was stored among
the national archives i'm Paris. The
manuscript escaped destruction ry
curious accident. The third Napoleon
became Interested in his uncle's papers
and ordered that they should bee sent TO
him. Tie Librarian. supposing that the
Emperor wanted only unpublished doc
uments and seeing that the memoirs
had been Incorrectly labelled as al
ready published sent to the Tuileries
precious collection Of 80 letters Of the
Bonaparte family and OF various other
noted personages. Nobody knows what
happened to these letters-they We're
never heard of again. The memoirs,
which were. quarter Of century
later published by General Jung, thus
escaped destruction. and will no doubt
serve as the foundation Of Comte Serge
Feury's promised biography of Lucien.
The American Theatre.
Miss Mary Caroline Crawford. whose
many books deal largely with romantic
phases Of history and social life, is pre-
pairing for publication in the autumn
book on The Romance Of the Ameri-
can Theatre"
American Manuscripts.
The dispersal of the late Sir Thomas
PhilHpps's wonderful collection Of
manuscripts and autograph letters be
gan in 1856. and there are still great
quantities OF important MSS. TO he
offered to the public. a five DAYS sale
viii be held at sotheby's this month.
and the greater portion Of its items re
late 10 the continent Of America The
historical documents are so valuable
hat one British commentator declares
they would form an admirable NUCLEUS
for United States Record Office. one
volume. covering the period l1O2- l..
contains the Accounts Of Her Maj
esty's Revenues In America by w.
BIZ thwayt. Surveyor and Auditor.Gen-
era: there are four letters by 'Ju1ius.
dealing with American affairs. and
number Of other eighteenth
century documents concerning the col
onies
RELIGION in Country Places.
The question Of religion in rural
America is discussed in a volume which
the Macmillan Company is about 10
publish. It's authors are Mr.. Clifford
pinchot and Mr.. Charles o. GIL.