New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10

lndO-Chlna. and siam. or ms prOpd-
ganda for the official recognition of the
new republic he received the thanks
Of China" expressed by the statesmen
Of both parties and the Chinese press.
MIR Thomson does not advocate OPP
position TO Japan in her South Man
churian and Corean spheres. lie says
that Japan already has divisions Of
troops IN three Chinese provinces be-
sides Manchuris, viz, Pechil, Shan
tung and Hupeh, the iron province.
John Shaw Billings.
A biography Of the late John Shaw
Billings, the first director Of the New
York Library, is announced by the
Messrs. Putnam for this month. It is
the work of DR.. Fielding II. Garrison.
o. Henry for the Blind.
Two volumes Of the late O. Henry's
short stories have recently been pub
Gehed in the raised point system for
the blind. They are reported to be IN
great demand at the New York Public
Library.
"Her Majesty the King
A new edition of the late James JEFF
frey Roche's humorous romance of
harem, "Her Majesty the King" should
find a grateful audience in these trou-
bled DAYS. II is a clever book, its
pages studded with burlesque Eastern
wisdom, and Oliver HEREFORD has embel-
hshed il with colored drawings. This
new edition is published by A. c. Nc
Clurg & Co., Chicago.
Waterloo.
The centenary Of the battle Of Wat
erloo, on June 10, will, no doubt, be
Il. ID 1fLo oil ptbar NanOIpOuIC
centenaries of the last eight months,
by the world war. To help us remem-
Der, Cyrus Townsend Brady has written
a new historical novel, THE Eagle Of
the Empire" whose climax the great
battle forms. II is announced by the
George II. Doran Company.
The Rocky Mountain National Park.
Enos A. Mills deserves the title Of
Father Of the Rocky Mountain National
Park. It is owing to his enthusiasm
and energy that the park has been es-
tablished after six years of incessant
campaigning IN Colorado. here IN the
Fast. and at Washington. One vel
comes, therefore, Mr. Mills's new book,
"Tbe Rocky Mountain Wonderland
and wishes it the success which should
i'm measure reimburse him for the
financial sacrifices he has made during
his long campaign in the interest OF
the nation. The work is published by
the Houghton Mifflin Company
The Kaiser's Court.
To the literature that may be called
one Of the by-products of the war the
Funk & Wagnalls Company IS about to
add "The Berlin Court Under william
II bv Count Axel Won Schwerlng. or
course il will be book OF astounding
revelations
Anglo-lndian Fiction.
Among the Studies in Literature
and History" Of the late Sir Alfred {.
IvaU there is a paper on "The Anglo,
indian Novelist" in which Rudyard
Kinlinp's "The Nauhlaka" is sharply
criticised on account Of its inaccuracies
concerning native life and customs:
Marion Crawford's famous Mr.. lsaacs
il dismissed as entirely unworthy or
consideration as picture OF Ihdian
life. The list of Anglo-lndian hctlon
which this British-lndian administrator
recommended out Of the fulneSs OF
his knowledge of the country and ITS
neoples contains only one name and
titIe familiar TO US Mrs. Steele and
her "On the Face of the Waters
Outlines of international Law.
The right of merchantmen OF
helligerent power TO carry neutral
fac. the conditions of blockade, the
right Of convoy, rules regarding con-