New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Brief Notices
Recent Publications and New
Editions

From Death to Life" by A. Apukh-
tin. illustrated, is put forward by K.
Frank as the first of series of Gems
of Russian Literature" The story is
we'll chosen, being of intense and novel
interest. and hitherto, we believe, un-
known to the general American public.
The character of the translation and
the general style of the little volume
promise we'll for the series.
Henry Holt G. Co. have just issued a
translation of Lessing's masterpiece,
"Minna Won Barnhelm," made by DR..
Otto Heller, of Washington University,
st. Louis
Major J. c. McArthur's what a
Company officer Should Know is the
latest of the Military Series published
by George L. Harvey In compact
pocket form and easy conversational
stvle il presents an admirable compen-
dunn of information for an officer, all
the way from his home to the firing
line.
Garden Flowers of Spring and
"Garden Flowers of Summer" are TWO
dainty little volumes by Ellen Eddy
shaw. published by Doubleday, Page &
Co. with wealth of colored illustra-
tions. enabling those unfamiliar with
technical botany to identify the flow
ers which they see.
Moffat. Yard & Co. publish THE
Sense of Taste" in their excellent our
Senses Series; WORK n0t 700 'ecnh'-
cal for popular understanding.
Grace DEMO Litchfeld's "Song Of the
Sirens" recently published by G.. P.
Putnam's Sons, is an enchanting piece
of Greek hexameter of classic beauty,
telling anew the familiar story OF
Ulysses with a touch of Homer's own
authority
"Ultimate Democracy and Its Max
ing" by Newell l.. Sims "a. c. McClurg
& Coz, is a painstaking and scholarly
study of the democratic principle as 1t
exists in all grades of human develop
ment, from the savage to the sage.
Dufield & Co. publish Lloyd R. Nor
ris's "The Young Idea" compilation
of opinions on the aims and tendencies
Of current and prospective American
literature, including Empiriclsm, Pes
simism, and Spectre Poetry.
Samuel H. Borofsky's wheel Of
Destiny" published by Richard G. Bad
ger. is a novel full of action and ad-
venture, and containing strong plea
in behalf of the Jewish people against
the traditional Shylock-like conception
of them.
In Conditions of Labor in American
Industries" by W. Jett Lauck and
Edgar Sydenstricker, the Funk Wag-
nails Company give US book OF un-
usual Importance, prepared by expert
authorities. on some of the most
weighty economic problems OF the day.
Albert Payson Terhune's Dollars
and Cents" is a well written novel
about people with whom it is difficult
to coniure up a grain of sympathy;
illustrated with some of the most
egregiously misftting pictures that we
remember to have seen. 1t is pub
lished by Robert j. Shores.
"Our Hidden Forces" published by
the Frederick A. Stokes Company, is
DR.. w. de Kerlor's translation of Emile
Boirac's LA Psychologist Income" one
of the best works eXtant on human
magnetism, mesmerism, hypnotism, etc.
Sir William A. Tilden's Chemical
Discovery and Invention in the Twen-
tieth Century" published by +. P. Dut-
ton e. Co, is monumental volume by
a great authority on some of the most
marvellous and most useful achieve
ments Of science in the last score of
years; valuable alike 10 the profes-
sional scientist and industrialist and
TO the intelligent layman. 1t is pro-
fusely illustrated.
In "Good Ministers Of Jesus Christ"
the Abingdon Press publishes Bishop
William Fraser McDowelPs Yale Lect-
ures on Preaching
Caroline Edwards Prentiss in Love
and Laughter" &C. P. Putnam's sons,
displays a fine facility for song in many
metres and many keys, with themes
both objective and subjective.
Barse & Hopkins publish Charlotte
Burd's "The Silent Hour" a group Of
essays or lay sermons on the power of
spiritual things over material condi-
tions.
"The Law and the Word,"- by T. Tro-
ward, published by Robert VI. Mcbride
& Co., is a studied formulation of be-
liefs concerning Mental Science and
the New Thought.
The joy of life is the theme of Mary
L. Pendered's Book of Common Joys"
published by f. ?. Dutton & Co.;
dwelling upon the pleasures that may
be found in the ordinary experiences
of everyday existence.
Harper & Bros are publishing
"Are We Capable Of Self-Govern-
ment?" by Frank ". NQxon; "The Ma1
Who Saw" by William Watson; THE
Treasure Train" by Arthur B. Reeve;
Home Crafts of To-day and Yester-
day" by Frances Buchanan, and THE
Sandman's Hour" by Abbie Philips
III Il LII,