The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-14

OTIS are sometimes ISlL DIS d CnoI dS
Tokyo and Yokohama. Mr.. Terry
warns American travellers with noun
tain -climbing proclivities to beware of
the innocent appearing Japanese VOL
canoes. as they are not to be trusted.
The following new books have been
announced: Old Valentines, by Mum
son Hayens; Poems of Joseph Beau
mont; Lyrics From the Chinese, by
Helen Waddell; George Borrow and
His Circle, by Clement Shorter; n
Annals and Memoirs of the Court Of
Picking, by J. o. p. Bland and Edmund
Backhouse..
Readers Of. China Under the EN-
press Dowager, written some few
years ago by Messrs. J. o. P. Bland
and Edmund Backhouse, will be inter-
ested in Annals and Memoirs Of the
Court of Picking, by the same authors,
which is published by Houghton Milf
lin Co. in this country, and by Will
liam Heinemann in London. The VOL
ume carries the story of the Manchu
turtles.
Not only is Old Valentines (Hough-
ton Mifflin Coz a timely title, but the
little volume which bears 1t is ideally
qualified to serve as a valentine re-
membrance for old n young. The
author, Munson Ravens, secretary of
the Cleveland Chamber Of Commerce,
was led to write the story, because he
could find no stories or volumes ap-
propriate to st. Valentines day. and
he is to be congratulated on the sue
cess of his first book.
The numerous recent novels dealing
with the life of the road, of which The
Broad Highway IS perhaps the best
example, are mainly by authors who
have claimed George Borrow as the
source of their inspiration. Clement
Shorter's George Borrow and His Cir
Gle, to be published Feb. Z by Hough-
ton Mifflin Co, is unique among the
many Biographies that have been writ
ten Of this great student Of gypsy life
in that it is based upon a large body
Of imprinted manuscript material-let-
tiers, diaries, etc.-which are in MI
Shorter's possession. The actual ad-
ventures of such a man as Borrow,
when his own life has been sketched,
present pretty problems for the biog-
rapher. This Is one of the facts which
make the study Of Borrow perennially
fascinating.
The publication of The Print Collec.
tors Quarterly, the only periodical If
- AlLuh 40 ! 4 hSNNlSQ I
etchings, engravings and drawings
has been transferred by the. Boston
Museum of Fine Arts to 'Houghtor
Mifflln Co., who have become the pub
fishing representatives of this inStitu.
ton. FitzRoy Darlington. curator o.
the print department of the museum
and a lecturer upon e~ngravings a
editor, and no change will be made
either in form or price. The Febru.
airy number, which will appear about
the middle of the month, will contain
an article by Robert J. Wickenden or
Millet's Drawings at the Museum oi
Fine Arts, Boston; The Woodcuts ot
Albrecht Altdorfer, by William M
Henry l.. Seaver, and Daumier's Rob
ert Macaire'. by William Makepeact
T~hackeray.
In the preparation of T. Philip Ter,
TVS new book, The Japanese Empire
which will be published on Feb. % BY
Houghton Mifflin Co.. Mr.. Terry wa:
helped at all times by the Japanese
government. Most of the officials have
been educated in Europe, and, appre,
ciating what an up-to-date, correc
guide book on the Baedeker plar
would mean for the country, they were
quick to cooperate with MI. Terry
and give him all the assistance IL
their power. He secured special per.
mission to visit castles, palaces, tenn,
pies. ETC., and had with him on hi!
trip through the country, letters which
as he says, made he provincial off,
Gals thrash about in a lively wa,
while I was in their special bailiwicks'
The imperial government railroad PEG
pie helped him materially in the worl
on his maps, and gathered a grea.
mass Of valuable data about thei
lines for his benefit. These circum
stances combined with Mr.. Terry
conscientious efforts made his bool
the most complete and authentic vol
ume on japan that has yet been pub
lished.
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