New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Brief Notices
Recent Publications and New
Editions

Coustantia Maxwell must be a daugh-
ter of that charming lady who asked
her neighbor at dinner TO tell her the
history Of the world between the soup
and the fish. Her "Short History Of
Ireland Stokes is indeed very, very
short. From before st. Patrick to
after Mr.. Asquth the tale is told m
little more than a hundred duodeclmo
pages. Still. the tale is told. and there
is a copious photography for those who
wish more extended reading.
Count Ilya Tolstoy in "Visions'
Games 3. Pond) presents a budget OF
characteristic Russian tales, magma
tive, grcwsomc, sympathetic; varied in
style, but uniform in interest
Professor Vida D. Scudder in "The
Church and the Hour n. =. Dutton)
discusses the sociological state of the
world from the point Of view Of a
Socialist churchwoman,' who is not
enough Socialist TO renounce the
Church. out who has vision of Social
lists getting into the habit Of rccog-
nizing that the soul, after all, IS Of
some Importance.
+. Brigham Parsons in his Pot
pourr Psrisicn' gives some Rabelalsisn
views Of various phases Of life in the
City Of Light, both before and since
the beginning Of the war and also
some impressions Of New York, with
numerous illustrations from his own
brush and pencil. 1t is a vivacious,
amusing and often informing volume
Clare Tree Majors little volume on
"How to Develop Your Personality
(CrowelD has an introduction by Sir
Herbert Tree and discusses its subject
in more lucid and practical manner
than most such treatises which have
lately come 10 hand.
Konrad Bercovici has written Grimes
Of Charity" Cknopf) as a disclosure Of
and protest against what he cOnceiyes
to be the abuses of organized charity.
George Fitzmauriccs Give Plays
Little. Brown & Coz are modern Irish
prose dramas -"The Country Dress
maker" "The Mooniighter,' THE Pie
DISH" "The Magic Glass" and "The
Dandy Dolls
DR.. L. Duncan Buckley has written a
practical treatise on Cancer, Its Cause
and Treatn ent' paul b. Hoeber),
which will be of service to his profess
sion in combating one Of the most
formidable of the ills that flesh Is
heir TO.
Louis How has translated from the
/ Castiian 1.-THE Life of Lazarillo de
Tonnes" (Kenncrley), with an intro
duction and notes by Charles Philip
Wagner. Michael !. Whitty's simple
Study in Theosophy' comes from the
same press.
The Rev. DR.. George p Eckman, in
"When Christ Comes Again" CThe
Abingdon PressD discusses the Second
Advent in constructive rather than a
+ controversial spirit
Herman G. James's Municipal Func-
/ tions" and Charles S. Birds Town
Planning for Small Communities" ZAP
/ pleton's), are two of the latest issues
/ i'm the admirable National Municipal
/ League Series, edited by Clinton Rog-
ers Woodruff.
Wilma Meikle in Towards a Sane
Feminism" McBride) takes the view
tldI tHe eIeCtoloA Ai""N"'0N 80
ter of minor Importance compared with
the moral, domestic and industrial
emancipation Of the sex.
Mary Green's Better Meals for Less
Money" CHolt) is compilation of re-
cipes and facts about food of eXcep-
tional timeliness in these days of high
cost of living.
Edward Hungerford's THE Railroad
Problem" (McClurg) is sane and au-
thoritative discussion of perhaps the
greatest industrial and economic prob
lem in America, from the point of view
not of rule or ruin but Of "lye and
let live"
Douglas Fairbanks breaches thC
/ gospel of cheerfulness and sunlight n