The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-31

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in a thin volume entitled Handbook OF
style in Use AT the Riverside Press,
Cambridge. Mass" by the Houghton
Mifiiin Company. II is as sane and clear
a system as We have seen and deserves
TO be adopted generally. subject to the
slight notifications that each Office finds
It necessary TO make.
A useful little handbook that has been
often reprinted has been wholly recast
In the new. enlarged sixth edition which
is called $4,000 Words Often Mispro-
nounced," BY William Henry p. Phyfe
&c. T.. Putnam's Sons). The revision
has enabled the author to put all the
words accumulated in supplements into
one alphabetical list. which in itself is
great Improvement. lie has also ac-
cepted corrections to pronunciations pre-
yiously offered. and Is not dogmatic. but
gives authority for variations from those
he has adopted. Those whose opinions
differ from his should remember that in
living language pronunciation some
times varies according to the generation
which speaks and the region where IL
ID spoken.
While We venture no opinion on the
directions TO toastmasters given in Ma
thaniel C. Fowler Jr.s Stories and
Toasts for After Dinner (Sully and
KleInteich, New York;. though we should
like TO watch the application OF his
method for stopping speakers who will
not stop. there can be no doubt that
every story he tells has a point 10 It.
that almost all are funny and that few
OF them are prehistoric. II is a good
and bright collection, too good TO be
subjected TO the mercy of after dinner
speakers. II might be awkward II all
the extemporaneous orators made use Of
the same book.
A handbook of home gymnastics COM
bined with suggestions for retaining
health and securing bodily comfort has
been prepared by Florence Bolton in
Exercises for Women" Dunk and
Wagnalls Company. Most OF tho pic
lures describe mat exercises. which in
volve apparently rather strange atti-
tudes; at the end are pictures explain
ing the use Of chest weights. The book
has the merit OF being brief and the
directions are clear.
A useful book OF reference for all
students of music. a book that Will help
the general reader also, is Music Nota-
ton and Technology" by Prof. Karl
w. Gherkens The \. S Barnes Com
pany. New York;. 1t is n systematic
vocabulary Of musical terms, arranged
according to subject. with definitions 40
full as to give complete explanation OF
the matter in hand. The appendix con-
tains illustrated descriptions Of musical
instruments and articles on the history
OF notation, on acoustics and on pro-
posed reforms In Technology. with the
analysis of a Beethoven sonata.
An extremely interesting bit OF for
gotten history Ia the account of the
preliminaries to the trial on the indict-
ment Of Aaron Burr which Joseph y.
Brady has written In THE Trial OF
Aaron Burr" (The Neale Publishing
Company, New York;. 1t brings Chief
Justice Marshall and the noted lawyers
engaged pretty close to US. when we
follow the motions. the arguments and
the decisions that the case called for
before the part which the histories
record came before the court.
The Rev. DR.. Wayland Fuller Duna-
way waited too long before writing
"Reminiscences Of n Rebel" THE Nealo
Publishing Company. He served