New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-27
CURRENT TALK ABOUT
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Dur Military Unpreparedness-Frt Kreisers War Book
Henry Sydnor Harrisons New Novel-lbsen
on Play Reading-A Life of John Illus.

I the Moravian College, Bethlehem,
Penn. DR.. Schwartz not only tells the
life of the reformer, but traces the
influence he exerted upon the great
formative movements Of the fifteenth
century
Canon Hannay's Lecture Tour.
While In this country IN 1918, in con
nection with the production Of his play,
General John Regain" George Birm-
ingham, or Canon Hsnnsy, as he is in
private life, delivered q number Of lect-
ures at Princeton and Yale universities
and Smith and Barnard colleges and in
several cities. He sailed from Queens
town on February 18 for protracted
lecture tour Of the country, which will
begin in this city Immediately after his
arrival To the lectures Of his first
visit. on "The Stage Irishman." "The
lrishman in English Fiction" The Lit
erary Revival" and THE Economic Re
yiyal Of Ireland" he will add two new
ones, on ireland and the War" and
THE Irish Volunteers" which take
up the entire Ulster and Home Rule
situations. with which he has already
dealt in three OF his novels, The Red
Hand Of Ulster" The Settling Pot"
with its suggestion OF ParnelO and
"Hyacinth."
A Historian of Latin America.
Bernard Moses, whose Spanish De-
tendencies in South America" has just
been published by Harper & Brothers,
has held the chairs OF history and po-
liticsl science at the University Of Cali
fornia since 1876. He IS member OF
the American Historical Association
and was a delegate to tho Psn-Amed-
can Scientific Congress at Santiago dc
Chile and TO the International Confer
ence Of American States at Buenos
Ayres. He is the author Of number
CT historical works, several dealing
with Latin America.
The Booksellers League.
An evening with popular authors is
announced by the Booksellers League
of New York for Tuesday evening,
March 80, at Aeolisn Hall. Among
those who will read from their own
works--in some cases unpublished ones
are Coningsby Dawson, Inca Haynes
Gilmore, Zane Grey, Charles Rann
Kennedy. Helen R. Martin. Alfred
Noyes, Eleanor II. Porter and Jesse
Lynch Williams. William Hard will be
chairman.
A New Record for the Public Library.
In January of this year the New
York Public Library's monthly circula-
tion Of books exceeded the one million
volume mark for the first time in its
history. The exact figure is l,0O0,533.
A Grizzly Anecdote.
The Duchess Of Sutherland tells In
"Six Weeks at the War" "A. C.. Nc
Clurg e. Co.. of her meeting with the
side-de-camp Of the German com
mander at Namur. 81 sent a message,
says the duchess, "to say that / wished
20 speak 10 the commander, and he
came out from the dining-room with his
side-de-camp. i must apologize, Ouch
ess,' said the aide de-camp in English,
I for the growth Of my beard ! felt
very Indifferent about his beard, but |
asked him why he did not get shaved.
Shaved by Belgisnv he exclaimed.
Why, ne would cut my throat"
John Maseheld's Autograph.
Probably the first autograph copy of
q work by John Msseheld TO be sold at
auction is his Widow in the Bye
Street" in the catalogue Of a sale of
miscellaneous books 10 be held at the
rooms of the Anderson Auction Com
psny on Thursday afternoon, March 4.
The Public and the Criminal.
In his introduction to Cahalane's
police Practice and Procedure" (Dut-
tom, Commissioner Woods says: "The
public should cooperate. They can
help most by learning enough Of the
working methods Of criminals to be
able to take intelligent preventive
measures. A large percentage Of the
crimes committed in New York City
are preventAble. II civilians will read
IN this book the pages, especially, on
crimes and criminals, and will take
such reasonable precautions as suggest
themselves, we shall all sleep safer
and the police force will be helped
greatly in fulfilling its primary duty
the prevention Of crime"