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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16

respect approximating awe. But ms
ruthless acquieScence in the ineXora-
BILE obsession of ambition for eXplora-
tion and conquest, even TO the inhu-
man sacrifice Of his two noblehearted
brothers, makes him appear not the
least sombre and sanguinary figure IN
an age which may have been golden,
but which certainly was cruel and vio-
lent above most others in the annals
OF the globe. A strong, formidable,
portentous figure he; fit product Of
the union Of the Ssxon-Norman and
Phpnician races; the grandson Of
"old John of Gaunt, time-honor'd Ian
caster" and the son OF the grim and
truculent John of Aviz, inheritor Of
Punic valor and of Punic faith.
This is not, however, a biography
Of Henry alone. There were others in
that mighty era worthy of portrayal,
and 10 these also the historian ad-
dresses himself, each in his due pro
portion. The result is an admirably
balanced depictment not alone Of the
Navigator but, as the title sets forth,
of the whole age of which he was a
part, in that portion of the world which
was concerned with him and his fam
lily and their doings.
1t is the supreme merit of Mr. Mar
tins that he makes that age live again.
Henry and his brothers and all the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
THE LONE STAR RANGER.

THE LONE STAR RANGER By Zane Grey
limo. Do. S73. Harper Broa
II, last year, It was said in these col
umns that Mr.. Grey's THE Light of
Western Stars" was very much like his
earlier "Riders Of the Purple Sage it
must be stated here and now, in justice
TO his latest story, that "The Lone Star
Ranger" far surpasses both these
books in rspidity OF plot and action,
in desperate adventure, danger, cour-
age and general Wild Westness, if
the word may be coined to fit the occa-
sion. 1t is all capital stuff of its kind,
the sort of story that is likely TO make
one forget his everyday concerns and
worries. We are in darkest Texas in
the days of rustlers, bad men and
Rangers. The hero becomes an outlaw
by stress of circumstance; he shoots in
self-defence, as his father, noted gun
man. had shot before him. And the
youth is worthy of his sire. Over such
gun-plsy even an orator at Peace Con-
ference would grow enthusiastic
this book, at least. Buck" Duane be-
comes legend of the wild country, ro-
mantle, heroic figure, but by the side of
that reputation grows up another, sin
lister. undeserved. Crimes are imputed
to him which he has not committed,
prize is set on his head-and then he
joins the Rangers, on secret service.
More adventure, every bit as exciting
as any that has gone before. This is
long story, but the interest never flags;
and, Of course, trust Mr.. Grey for the
Of the Eternal Feminine
into this world of men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16

rest arc living, active men, partici..
pating in real Incidents. in very real
and practical world For this is no
dry as-dust book Of annals. 1t is a
series of chapters Of actual life, in
which men and women of hot red
blood are solving great problems and
achieving great tasks. Il is at once
drama. tragic and comic; romance. as
glowing as the tales Of the Thousand
and One Nights; and history. as log
ical apd precise as mathematical
demonstration. And in ? n OF these
three capacities it is o. )nvincinS
and triumphant interest.
There we're strong and sufficient
reasons for rendering this Iberian
classic into English; at least three Of
them major. One was that the sons
of John of Aviz. all save that bastard
who founded the Braganza dynasty,
were by maternity half English, and
thus half belong in English history.
Another was the familiar fact that the
adventures OF Henry were the sure
prelude and inspiration of the epochal
voyages Of Columbus and his contem-
poraries. The third was that so thrill
ing and fascinating a work deserved
just for its own sake to be introduced
into the literature of that language
which has now become the most widely
read and spoken in the world: liters-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Second Edition of the New international En-
cyclopedia' Colonel Roosevelt on the
Wars Lesson for America.

references 10 the articles under inc
names here grouped together and an
exhaustive photography. The srue'es
dealing with practical subjects po'ii
tics and the like arc thoroughly Wei
done: and. after all. u rs for prsct'cA'
information that one oftenest turns 70
the encyclopedia. not for increase I'D
aesthetic culture.
Opportunity will offer itself mere
after for further discussion Of TINS
new encyclopedia as the later volumes
appoar For. be 10 repeated. TINS '.
more than merely a revised edition OF
the old work 10 has been reset
throughout. not q single old plate mas
been retained. and this IN itself rs con
yincinc evidence Of the thoroughness
with which the work o. revision has
been carried out
The photographers appended TO the
different articles will prove oil great
practical help 90 those bent upon SER
Gus study OF their subjects. In adGl-
ton. there will be a final volume de
voted 20 Courses OF Reading ana
study" The number OF illustrations
has been increased TO 100 ful-nage
co'orcd plates. $50 haIfto0cs. 400 quo
trts. and several thousand lllustra--
tons .n the tcNt There VIII be "oo
mans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16

extension Of the quotations; Then
there is Colonel Roosevelt, and, in the
field of craftsmanship, Joseph Cham-
berlain and William Jennings Bryan,
Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Balfour. Lore
Roscberv. and others. President vii
son. by the way, is not represented
here
II is somewhat startling at this hour
Of England's defence of Belgium neu-
tralitv 10 be reminded Of Joseph Cham
berlain's dictum. made during the Boer
way. that "thc day OF small nations
has passed away; the day of empires
has come" About neutrality nothing
Ouotable has been said. II appears from
the new Bartlett" since Shakespeare
day. and what he said does not apply
directly 10 the case in hand. And,
looking for a quotation on the subject
OF quotation itself, we find that Dr..
Johnson still remains alone with
Classical quotation is the parole OF
literary men all over the world which
is no longer familiar, and is no longer
true. Indeed, one cannot help wonder
ing. with this book before him, what
will be the future Of quotation. Class
iCal quotation is already dead; Il died
even in its last stronghold, the House
Of Commons, a generation ago. The
Bible We quote st our own peril, and
in this matters 60 rapidly from bad to
worse. He quotes wisest nowadays
who quotes withoue regard for the
morality Of the quotation mark. The
chance is good that he will not be
found out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
LITTLE SIR GALAHAD.
LITTLE SIR GAIAHAD A Novel By Pn-
Gray. illustrated by T LleJ Young lsrs ;
S's. Boston: Small. MAYNARD a Go.

LITTLE SIR GAiAHAD. 4 Novel By Fn-s.
Gray. illustrated by LleJ Young liza. %
S;s. Boston: Small. Maynard Co.
This simple, sentimental little story
puzzles one, because IL is impossible to
decide whether 4 is fiction for children
or for grown-ups. 1t is little Of both,
book eminently tit 70 be left lying
around the house for the entertainment
of old and young. It is prettily idealis'
tic its chivalric title BELTS it; no
doubt il will lead to the formation OF
many Gslahad Knighthoods among our
boys for the succor, as the founder ex-
presses it, "of beauty-or anything
in distress" But the knight OF the
title is a crippled boy, whom his father
had dropped in childhood. He, in his
infrmity and pain and courage and
shining hope and loving kindness. is
an inspiration 20 all who know him.
The author herself is a crusader on
her own account against the Demon
Rum. Ii is here, indeed, in its opening
pages especially, where drunken
brute beats his wife and little child
because there is no money IN ire
house, that the story seems to be sd-
dressed TO older rather than to younger
readers. Need it be added that this
drunkard is reclaimed by strong
hand and kind heart, or that great
surgeon restores 10 Little Sir Gslshad
the use OF his crippled limbs?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
BOOKS AND. AUTHORS - REVIEWS AND
4 SET OF SIN.

grr or SIX Is. Joseph Conrad i2mo. %
3js DoIb eta. rag' -
There arc those Who cannot see
20 the expression goes, Joseph Conrad
the novelist To them these six tales
NAV we'll be recommended as good *
amples OF the es entail quality OF n'
work. His indirect method OF tellHS
his longer stories hi+ manner "nlcn
10 so many is a stumbling block, where.
as. n thcv will only persevere, II NiIl
prove TO be one Of his many potent
SPELLS is absent from these straight
forward narratives, but hi3 marvellous
command and understanding Of me-
material. human and otherwise, are
here i'm fullest measure. above all ms
supreme gift Of creating the atmos-
phere OF place and time. j. the hrst
Of these stories. "Gaspar Ruiz, the
country ana the people OF the Latn
America Of the wars OF liberatlo1 in
the early years o. the last century
breathe in every line; the military
spirit Of the Napoleanlc era peryades
"The Duel" which, by the way. gives
literary form for the first time, We
believe. in English to legend current
on the Continent during the greater
part Of the last century that Of two
officers Of the Emperor VINO carried
through all his wars feud which they
settled with yarying results during the
brief breathing spells between cam
paigns. The cause Of the feud. and Us
final issue. are, however, Mr.. Conrad's
invention.
He is at his best in his tale Of the
sea, "The Brute" a sailing-ship that
tried 70 kill her man on every voyage.
II will prove an unalloyed reminiscent
JOY TO those who have spent II IL be
only year under canvas; they Will
appreciate and absorb its sympathetic
Interpretation of the philosophy OF life
of those who 90 down TO the sea IN
ships, 10 whom. in a very real sense,
the ship is sentient being. But
and here lies the beauty of the authors
craftsman ship-he must be benighted
landlubber who is not caught BY this
picture Of a strange world and It's
strange ways. He. too, will feel that
"The Brute" deserves her name and
reputatiou-tha she is deliberately
and consciously a "killer." il not al
together in the human sense, at least
in that in which the epthet is applied
To vicious horse. In THE lnformer"
Mr.. Conrad returns to the London OF
1.-THE Secret Agent; in "An Anarchist"
we have a curious study OF a mild
man whom circum stance turns against
his will into an enemy of society; and.
finally, in al Condo" we catch
glimpse of the Naples Of the Camorra,
not in its secret strongholds. but as
it almost casually affects the repose
OF gentle old mans evening of life.
In a brief preface Mr.. Conrad apollo
gizes for including in this "set of six
tale that has already appeared sep
arately, and under another title--"A
Point Of Honor" This is "The Duel"
for which he confesses a special lk-
ing because it is his only attempt
at historical fiction thus far. The
apology is unnecessary. The story is
worth reading again; moreover. when
it originally appeared the cult Of Con-
rad had not yet been born in this coun-
try; wherefore II is likely that It will
be new to most of even his heartiest
admirers of to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
THE GALLEY HILL MAN

ture into which, by careful transmits
sion. all the masterpieces Of the world,
of whatever tongue, should be gathered.
In this case it is gratifying to be
able 10 say that the translation mas
been done with n high degree OF the
three chiefly desirable qualities OF ac-
curacy. discretion and taste. The volume
reads not like a translation but rather
like an originally English work; lucid
vivacious and interest-compelllng. Inc
original text has been followed faith
fully but not slavishly two very dli-
ferent things. There have been some
considerable excisions Of Portuguese
political matters which may be OF
interest at Lisbon, but which 70 the
English or American reader are no
more related to the story OF henry
Golden Age than, let US say, Hugo
technical discussions Of the tactics OF
Waterloo and Of the ethics Of Cam
bronnes defiance have 10 do with the
story of Jean Vatican. II was well to
leave such passages out Of the English
version, together with some OF the
republican special pleading which Is In
the original. Most English-speaking
people sympathize with the Portuguese
Republic. But in the history Of the
fifteenth century they do not care for
the politics of the twentieth.
A monumental original, vorthily
rendered into English, is true estl-
mate of the volume. It is golden
book about what is well described as
a Golden Age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
BARTLETT"
Increased Usefulness of It's
Tenth Edit. n.

FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.. Collection q Pa
sAses Phrases AID Proverbs Traced 20 Their
sources IN Ancient AMI Modern Literature. BY
lsEod by Nathan Haskell Dole. s1o. %. 1iI.
l4Ji Boston Little. Brown Co.
Roget's Thesaurus, Soule's Synonyms,
Walkers Rhyming Dictionary the
greatest of all these is Bartlett's ia
miliar Quotations" usually referred 10
as Bartlett" II suffces, for his work
has had no serious rival In its field.
indispensable 10 the literary worker,
the editor and the conscientious proof
reader. the Inseparable companion OF
preachers and orators, Bartlett" is
more most interesting book for the
home library Il may, indeed, he said
of 10 with fullest truth that without II
no modern library, private or public,
is complete Through more than "a
generation IL has stood supreme, IN
challenged in its accuracy. but rarely
found wanting. Now Nathan Haskell
Dole has greatly extended its useful
ness by taking up the task where
Bartlett laid IL down in 1905 He has
incorporated in this new edition that
vast body of quotable phrases in verse
and prose with which later writers
and orators have enriched our litera-
ture since the beginning OF the last
decade Of the last century. The work
needed 20 be done, and il has been well
done. Occasionally one Of these new
quotations lacks the compelling force
that drove Bartlett 10 make his orig
iual collection. but on the whole Mr..
Dole has rendered a very real service,
and maintained the high standard Of
the work.
He had, indeed. a wide field in which
to delve. Stevenson and Huxley. Fiona
Macleod, Edmund Gosse, Dobson,
Thomas Hardy. owen Seaman. Oscar
Wilde. William Watson Shaw. Of
course -Maeterlinck, Tolstoy trust
his first American translator for not
neglecting him these are but few
OF the new English and Continental
names added 10 the index Of this new
edition. At home the list is even
larger: Henry Van Dyke, Edwin Mark
ham and John Kendrick Bangs; Sidney
IAnier. Richard Hovey Lucy Larcom,
John Hay. Eugene Field. William Win
Ter. DR.. Weir Mitchell, William Dean
Howells. Father Tabb. and. among the
elders. Richard Henry Stoddard For
Mr. Dole has drawn upon the older AS
well as the ney generation for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
A TRUMPET BLAST
Colonel Roosevelt and Our
Military Unpreparedness.

AMERICA AND TIE WORLD WAR. b. Theodore
Roosevelt l-mo. -. 80. Charles s,rph''
Sons
Among all the books on the world
war which have been issuing from the
presses in an unendinG stream since It
began. this is the one that concerns us
Americans most vitality. That adequate
preparation for war is the best peace
insurance nation can secure DO TINS as
vet very imperfect world Of ours is a
truth so Self-evident that only a small
minority Of idealists persist in denying
il. In the words of the late Grover
Cleveland. II is a condition. not the
DRY. that confronts US. We may deplore
the condition: we may, while recognlz-
ing 10 and facing it, continue 20 work
for the high ideal that some time. no
doubt. will be realized; but meanwhile
let US, as Mr. Roosevelt advises, be
ready on the waters and on the land
not only to meet the aggressor, but TO
discourage in him all idea Of agrees
sion.
Colonel Roosevelt speaks from the
standpoint Of RCGlpoIUik, which, Of
course. was the primary cause OF this
war. He sensibly throws cold water on
the already dying expectation, fervent-
~ expressed in its early days, that this
will be the "last war" and he bids Us
remember that al its close the same
rivalries and conflicting interests will
confront the great powers Of Europe,
America and Asia, though in different
groupings He bids Us contemplate the
fate Of Corea and China, calls every
treaty ever made a potential scrap Of
paper" which is sound craftsmanship y.
and, answering the assertion that mill
tarism is incompatible with democracy,
points 10 Switzerland. He insists, fur
thermore and rightly, that prepared
ness against aggression is not mill
tarism." The duty of self-defence, he
reminds US, implies that of good con-
duct toward others. Our sword must
not snore while il sleeps in its scab-
bard.
The nation is fully awake now to the
objectionable state OF unprepsredness
into which its navy and army have been
allowed to fall. thanks in no small
measure 20 The Tribune's exposures. It
is awake, also, to the dangers which
this state Of unpreparedness implies.
Still, this call 20 duty by the most ag-
gressive OF all practical peace adyo-
Gates has lost not one whit of its time
illness and Importance. If there is one
thing that Mr. Roosevelt hates more
than unrighteous war, il is peace with
out honor the peace Of the weak, the
unprepared, which means surrender of
honor and rights and principles. His
hatred Of il leads him in these pages TO
vigor Of expression concerning men
and measures that is righteously belli-
cose.
Written at top speed, for immediate
publication in various periodicals, these
chapters might have been revised 70
advantage before being put forth In
their present form. There are many
repetitions, the argument Is occasional
~ unnecessarily involved, but all this
does not affect the patriotic urge Of the
book or its service 70 the nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
THE HERO OF PORTUGAL
His Country, His Time, His
Contemporaries.

1,pr GOLDEN AGE or PRINCE HENRY
THE NAViGATOR By J. p. Olkcira
Martins. Translated with additions and
anuotstions. by James Johnston Abraham
and william Edwards Reynolds. With
twelve illustrations. $40. pp. IA, 81 J.. 7.
button s. 90.
with some Of the deeds OF Prince
Henry the Navigator and their tran
scendent effects upon the destinies Of
mankind the world has long been
familiar. or many others of fascinat-
ing interest il is generally ignorant.
Concerning the man himself it knows
deplorably little; 10 the average reader
ne is a name and nothing more. Yet
his personal qualities were no less in
teresting than his deeds. This book
takes that great shadowy name and
clothes il with flesh and blood and
inspires il with intensely human pas
sions. II presents Henry to us not
merely as the prince and the navi-
gator but also as the man.
II thus reveals TO Us strange eng
NAUTICAL and not attractive, IL indeed
not actually repellent, character His
vision and his indomitable resolution
must command an admiration and q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
"WE ARE FRENCH"

WE ARE FRENCH By Perey POOR sheeh,n
and Robert II. Davis. i2mo pp 1871. The Georgs
IT. Doran Company.
The merit of this tale-it is little
more than a short story-lies in the fe-
Lefty with which the authors have
caught and maintained just the right
note. II might be translation from
the French of one of that group of au
thors which passed through the Terri
Bile Year and celebrated its glories in
defeat in many tale like this. II is,
indeed, not unworthy OF being trans
lated into their language to be set by
the side Of these many tales of theirs
of humble heroism and unhinching love
of country. The Cross Of the Legion
of Honor, won long ago on the burning
sands of Algeria while at home the
Germans were marching upon Paris 49,
the cross won long ago by the peasant
recruit who blew the charge when his
Arab captors offered him his life If he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
CURRENT TALK ABOUT
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
ames l.. Fords New Nove-A Biography of Presiden
Fillmore--De Vets Rebellon-German World
Pocies-Nlark Twain in Handy Form.

yer Abroad" and "Life on the Missis-
sippi'; June, Tramp Abroad" Vol. I.
and TRAMP Abroad" Vol. IL; July,
christian Science" and Sketches New
and Old; August, prince and Pauper"
and "Pudd'nhead Wilson; September.
Following the Equator" Vol. /, and
Following the Equator" Vol. II; 0c-
tober. Tom SAWYER" Connecticut
Yankee" and American Claimant;
November, "Roughing It." Vol. |. and
"Roughing It." Vol. II.
Monsignor Benson.
An authorized biography o, the late
Monsignor Benson is already in course
of preparation. Mr. Arthur c. Benson
requests all persons who have letters
from his brother to lend them TO him
for this purpose. No letters will be
printed without the consent of their
owners. All material of this kind may
be forwarded in care of Messrs. Long
mans, Green & Co., London. A prompt
return of the letters lent is guaran-
teed.
Shavians.
George Bernard Shaw may have
something to say regarding the prices
put upon certain first editions and
autographed copies OF his works in T..
p. Dutton Co.'S department of rare
books. An uncut copy Of THE Quin-
tessence Of Ibsenism" (189D is marked
So 90; presentation copy of widow
ers' Houses" 1899 Ito Oscar WILDE.
containing Shaw's autograph, is s75;
plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant" 2
vols, uncut. is $50; SO is the price OF
Common Sense Of Municipal Trad
ing and Passion. Poison and Petri-
faction" comes little higher, So so.
The Home University Library.
This admirable undertaking Is rap
idly approaching its hundredth volume.
Next month Messrs Holt & Co. will is
sue volumes 81, go, SO and 941"The
Navy and Sea Power" by David Han
nay; The Ancient East" by D. @.
Hogsrth; "The Negro" by w. E. D.
Du Bots, and Russian Literature" by
Maurice Barring. This house announces
further for publication in February
"Blue Blood and Red novel by a
new author. Godfrey Corson, which it
considers Of uncommon promise. The
scene is laid on Staten Island; the
situation with which it deals is said TO
resemble in certain of its features that
dealt with in Sudermann's Honor