New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-27

= The serious question Of our unpre-
ksreduess for national defence IS dis
Lssed sanely and conservatively IN
INC Present Military Situation Of the
l,i,ed States" by Francis Ninton
l]reerc. major general, Y. S. A, and a
lVsst Point graduate. General Greene
k,lls rs the full truth about the extent
Id our military unprepsredness ana
Iornulates practicable methods OF
f,smedving this condition. The BOOK
Irbjeh Is published this week by the
tscribuers. deserves the th0ughttul at
BENTON OF all citizens.
lThtz Kreisler's War Book.
ask Weeks in the Trenches Is the
t.ue Of the great violinist's account o.
IN sxperionces with the Austrian army
N the field. which the Houghton NIL
Ain Company announces for early pun
.iestion.
Henry Sydnor Harrison.
Z The same house announces Mr.. Har-
snon's new novel. "Ange!a's BUSINESS:
"A Comedy Of Temporary Splnsters.
rhs author himself says OF the Dook !;
tlngela's business might be described
A little comedy Of women which IN
h.,s modern times would undoubtedly
rave been entitled Charles and the
ladies From one point OF view u Is
Itn old.fsshioned romance seen from
Ass neE-fsshioned angle OF vision.
BALE Young Rice's Works.
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce.
Pho Collected PLAYS and Poems OF
Bal. Young Rice" IN two volumes.
eiod.rn Implements Of War.
\ In g concise little volume on Sub
marines. Mines and Torpedoes in
War" c. W. Domville-Fife tells the
tvmnn all he can possibly wish 70
know concerning the various types OF
submarines now in use, together with
. comparison OF the strength IN this
sew naval weapon Of the different ma
lions now at war. Another new I'M
Element OF warfare is dealt with by
Horace Wyatt m motor Transports IN
War" The scope Of their usefulness
and what has already been achieved
With them on trails, on manpuvre ana
Ia actual war are fully explained. Both
handy little volumes are published by
ks George II. Doran Company. a
/seok or "Airmen In the Great War"
By Grahame-White and Harry Harper,
q announced by A. c. McClurg co.
Christianity and Peace.
christianity and International
Peace" by the Rev. Charles +. Jefer-
bon, D. D., pastor OF the Broadway
tabernacle Church, is announced for
ysrly publication by the Thomas y.
|rrowsll Company.
lbssn on Play Reading.
Z George Middleton, whose fourth vol
rme OF plays, Possession has Just
been published by Henry Holt & Co.,
lteeently came across an interesting
stter from lbsen IN regard 70 the
Publication OF plays. In II the great
krsmstist said:
u / consider il injurious 70 a ORA
matte work that IL should be made
accessible 10 the public in tho
hrst instance by means Of stage
performance believe that the
regulation OF the Theatre Royal TO
this effect has acted Progressively
on dramatic production in Den
mark. IL is, al all events, q Tact
khcF nANh pioAANsaD i"o ''-N
no tendency 20 increase since the
regulation in question was passed
This is only natural; IS things
now are, a new play can never be
considered and judged apart from
Us surroundings, purely and sim
ply as a literary work. The judg-
1 ment will always comprehend both
Il the play and It's performance;
hese two entirely different things
ARE mixed up together, and the
= chief attention Of the public is, 0s
rule. attracted more by the act
Ing and the actors than by the
play itself.
John Hus.
This year marks the FIVE hundredth
anniversary Of the death Of John Hus,
ad, In view Of this event. the Reyell
senpSny will shortly publish 8 new
&c OF the Martyr. Of Bohemia, writ
en- by Professor n. W. Schwartz, OF