New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-23

From the Importation department OF
Charles Scribner's Sons we have lus'
received "England's Guarantee to pei
eium and Luxembourg" by Z. I. sanger
and II. T. j. Norton. The timeiihess Oh
this book is suggested in its title; its
unusual value is due TO the large amount
Of information it contains about the
treaties. and to the concise form which
this information is given. There Is
special study OF the circumstances un-
der which the treaties were made IN
addition to the full text OF the treaties
,bemselves. the whole giving all data
needed 10 form an opinion as TO Eng
lands obligations toward Belgium and
Luxembourg. The German case IS stated
IN hook on THE Neutrality OF Bel
GUM" by DR.. Alexander Fuehr, Just
oublished BY the Funk & Wagnails
Company. Dr. Fuehr maintains on MS
toric and diplomatic grounds that pei
y;un was not neutral territory when
The war began and had not been neu-
trail for many years, and that interna-
t;onal law does not regard treaties as
binding on the contractants when con-
ditions have essentially changed. lie
also undertakes 70 prove the German
contention that French troops entered
Belgium first.
Historic Parallels.
English writers are busily occupied
with the discovery and elaboration OF
historical parallels for the present war.
Edward Huttons "Attila and HIS
Huns" recently published by Z. =. Dut.
ton & Co., is dedicated 70 beloved
Italy. with whom in this hour OF re-
Moved peril once more we night the par
barians, a. D. 401-l9l5", and now
we have from the same frm Ronald
Acott Halls Frederick the Great ana
His Seven Years War;" which COM
pares Frederick's invasion OF Saxony
in order TO defeat Austria before Rus
STA could get ready with Germanys IN
vasion Of Belgium to dispose OIL france
before the Gar could take the held'
Frederick, according 10 German histo-
rians. had good reason 10 oelleve that
Al stria, France aid Russia were plan
ming to attack hii--a view OF the case
that may not have occurred TO MT nan
A Forgotten Poet.
One Of the New York Public Library's
neat little pamphlets. Poets OF fester-
dav." contains a quotation from the
works of the late Edgar Fawcett which
recalls 10 memory a meritorious Ameri-
can poet all too soon forgotten. raw
cett was but an indifferent novelist,
with a prose style of unforgivsble SLOW
3 enliness. but when he turned 20 verse
he achieved some little gems which
I later generation will undoubtedly cher
isb as mart Of It's literary heritage from
our poetic yesterday
'Tconography of New York"
IN. Phelps Stokes. Of this city, has
prepared an "Iconography OF New
/ York" in several volumes. which is 10
be published In limited edition, the
first volume being announced for De-
/ cember. The work, on whose prepare
ton the author and his assistants
have already spent seven years OF
work both here and abroad, will be pro-
fusely illustrated with reproductions OF
paintings. drawings, prints, maps and
documents in American and European
/ priyate collections relating 10 the his
/ tory and development Of Manhattan
Island from earliest times 70 the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration. The publication
is in charge of Robert H. Dodd. 4i3
/ Fourth Avenue, this city.
Preparedness.
Empire and Armament: A Study OF
the Evolution of American Imperialism
and of the Problem OF National De-
fence" by Jennings c. Wise. is an
nounced by G.. p. Putnam's Sons for
immediate publication.
The San Francisco Fair.
The first volume Of the Official history
Of the Panams-Pacifc international
EXPOSITION viii he ready foJ the press