New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-22
THE NEW INTERNA-
TIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
Additional Volumes Of This
American Work Of Reference.

I Forrest, UolL Mead & Go.
The thoroughly revised second edi-
ton OF this encyclopedia is steadily
progressing toward completion. It's
special features, the advantages u
offers, have already been set forth an
+ length IN these columns on the occa-
sion Of the appearance OF the earlier
volumes. Suffice il 10 say here and
now that this Is essentially an ency-
/ clopedia for the home, for the aver
/ age intelligent man and woman, rather
than for the study and the special work
/ er; that u pays more attention 20
American subjects, and especially 10
/ American biography, than do the for
/ eign encyclopedias, and that the re
vision of the text has been. on the
whole. excellenuy carried out. And,
/ last but not least. the New lnterna-
tional. thanks 10 the hour OF its pub
+ lcation. cmbodies, a II progresses,
the events of the World War a
/ special article on this momentous cpl
sode in history Is. moreover, promised
/ In one OF the closing volumes. yet TO
/ come. IN It's proper alphabetical place.
4 The type IS clear. the illustrations and
maps are well done. and the volume,
are light 20 the hand and easy 70
/ handle
Earlier examination has sufficiently
proved the adequacy of the works ar
ticles on American topics l. sui'ices.
therefore, in this brief notice OF the
four new volumes enumerated above,
90 mention some OF the more important
ones. on Lincoln. Monroe and the
Monroe Doctrine. Looking abroad and
IN the field Of general information, we
NAV pass by the article on Napoleon !
/ IN this year of his eclipse and draw
attention 10 the confederation Of names
, and places connected with the war,
from Kao-chow 20 Mr.. Lloyd George,
/ upon whom the editors Of the encyclo-
ppdia bestow the hyphen now currently
inserted in his name. although 10 does
not belong there. Kitchener ls here,
and, waning memory OF another Brit
ish war, Dom Paul Kruger. That pug
nacious patriot Kudyard kipIng may
find a place here. The article devoted
20 him. 30 part written by the late
Professor Harry Ihurston Peck, deals
with him, qua literary man, as al-
ready of the past, and then continues
TO consider his career as volunteer adj
wiser 90 the Empire and as a far from
successful politician. And there is
Kant, only yesterday the cUlisG cGltsHHS
Of the war the Categorical Imperative
as the origin of the trouble. one rec
members but already forgotten, along
with IrcItschke and Nletzsche. the
credit. or the discraii.. o. one chooses,
resting for the moment unon the Ger
man composers. Beethoven brought on
the War If Liberation; Wagner pre-
/ pared Gcrmania for the struggle with
/ France; and ne and Strauss, We learned
/ only the other day. arc primarily re-
/ sponsible for the present tragedy as
well. But we are depressing.
Worth noting, pdSsim, are excellent
biographical and critical notices of
/ Moliere and Guy de Maupassant. The
/ Montcssori system is dealt with at
proper length. music Is fully covered.
and. besides q technical article on the
motion picture, there Is capital
paper on the photoplay. It's possibili-
ties and limitations, by Reginald Cor
. don. 10 discusses the subject thor
oughly. and il at the same time a
model of competent condensation. A
few passages are quoted here:
Technically, the new form IS per
haps more closely related 20 pam
tomimc than 20 drama. There IS
this essential difference, however:
In pantomime we accept the con-
ventiou that there is race Of be
ings whose natural language IS
gesture, and who are therefore
capable of expressing all their
thoughts and emotions without the
assistance Of words, while IN the
motion picture We imagine the
characters 10 be speaking as In or
binary life. In structure
the moving picture play follows
the Elizabethan rather than the
modern tradition. Change Of scene
is frequent, and there Is no obliga-
ton on the part OF the author TO
arrange the events Of his story so
as 70 fan into the ordinary divi-
sions OF time and space. II IN the
course Of the play some Of the
characters move from Europe %
America. the spectators may take
passage with them; If the hero and
the heroine steal into the garden,
they may follow and see precisely
what happens instead OF trusting
their report when they return 20
the drawing-room. This hexibility
of form lends an impression OF
greater continuity On action and
makes possible a wealth OF detail
and added air of veracity.
Already there is a tendency on the
part OF writers OF melodrama 20
initiate the dramaturgy Of the NOV
ing picture play. II is too early
20 forecast the result.
Some information may be CLEANED, in
conclusion. from the article on Moham-
etanism, the as yet incalculable fac
tor IN the World War rs steady prog
ress in Africa. India, Asia and Aus
/ tralasia is duly noted. but Il is almost
/ impossible 10 obtain reliable figures Of
/ the total Mahometan population Of
/ the world to-day, because It's increase
J has largely been won IN regions where
/ censuses are unknown. Moreover. even
| In the countries where census taking
occurs from time 20 time the unwill-
/ ingness OF the Nahometan household
/ er 10 give account of the members Of
| his harem renders scientific accuracy
/ impossible The encyclopaedia gives
these approximate figures: Turkey,
/ $4,000 900: Persia. 100000; Afghanis-
! ton, 5000 900; India, 66,623. il2; Russia,
! l3,906,972; China, 100000; lndo-
China and siam. 100000. The East
Indies aud isIsnds Of the Pacific, about